Ballot Guide Last year I wrote Ballot Guide to learn Flutter and Firebase and to make election information more accessible. The 2019 election is coming up in November, so I thought, hey I'll use my app to get more information. But there was nothing. Google Civic Information API I went to check the list of elections on the Google...

As a meetup organizer, I strive to be as inclusive as possible, but I struggle with picking a time that works for parents. I've surveyed the members to see if moving from a weeknight to weekday lunch time or weekend would work better, but there was no obvious time that works for everyone. I was lamenting about this problem to Effie and she...

The topic of healthy eating often comes up when I'm chatting with friends. They are very impressed that my husband and I both work from home and cook lunch and dinner every day. We got quite the modular meal planning system in place and so I thought I'd share it here. Our taste I'm Chinese and my husband is French, so we have our own...

I saw this Reddit discussion on Android testing concepts, which tries to categorize tests into short, medium and long. I don't find that a very useful way to think about different types of tests, so I thought I'd give offer my view. Two dimensions I think it's more useful to think of tests in two dimensions Does it run on the JVM or needs a...

As some of you know, I'm one of the organizers for 360|AnDev. It's a lot of work to run a conference, so why do I do it? I started the conference because I want an inclusive place for people to learn about Android: We want it to be welcoming to beginners so that they can plug into the community right away. That's why we have a "Getting...

I just came back from the inaugural edition of Droidcon Boston last week, at the beautiful Calderwood Pavilion. Yes, #DroidConBos is at a theater. pic.twitter.com/OjNjaQOnOv— Chiu-Ki Chan (@chiuki) April 10, 2017 Keynote preparation I had the honor to deliver the Day 2 keynote at Droidcon Boston. I prepared extensively when...