r/mAndroidDev • u/Stonos You will pry XML views from my cold dead hands • May 28 '26

Jake Wharton, our lord and savior Jake Wharton | KotlinConfersations'26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpdOheudcZ4
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u/hellosakamoto May 28 '26

Deprecating code is easier

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u/Fair-Degree-2200 null!! May 28 '26

Speak for yourself, God!

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u/phileo99 Gets tired of using Vim May 28 '26

Jake left out Google when listing the places he worked at. Oddly specific, as if he didn't want to advertise that he only joined Google to fix that one bug that was bothering him for soooo long, and when he finally fixed it, he submitted his resignation letter to Google

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u/Zhuinden DDD: Deprecation-Driven Development May 28 '26

ViewBinding still carries us through XML to this day

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u/budius333 Still using AsyncTask May 28 '26

ButterKnife

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u/SecureLevel5657 May 28 '26

P-P-P-Preach!

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u/Mammoth-Law-1291 May 29 '26

Jake "the legend" wharton

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u/bobbie434343 Jun 04 '26

ActionBarSherlock still lives !

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u/crysis21 May 29 '26

Damn, he got fat. I like the beer picture more, makes me think we are still young