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A Kotlin Multiplatform implementation of OpenTelemetry: https://github.com/embrace-io/opentelemetry-kotlin It's been really fun writing this from scratch and trying to design a mob…

The main interest I've seen in OTel from Android engineers has been driven by concerns around vendor lock-in. Backend/devops in their organisations are typically using OTel tooling…

I've been working on an open source Android SDK that supports OpenTelemetry export. I'm excited about this as observability SDKs have traditionally used proprietary schemas that ma…

If I recall correctly, the erroring code originated from the Ariane 4, where it was required to align the vehicle after launch. It was a bit of a perfect storm: the code was left i…

Taking 3 years to move from my first job, as I was underpaid and didn't realise how much until getting an offer.

Nope, although I'd say that a STEM degree does help. My observation is that around half the people I've worked with in this industry have a CS degree, and most of the rest have an …

Bath, UK is a pretty great place to live (and cheap by Bay Area standards). Stunning architecture, right next to the countryside, and the city regularly makes it into the list of t…

Have you looked into error reporting solutions? These can automatically capture uncaught Java exceptions within an application and send a crash report with relevant metadata (stack…

The most important part of my routine is calorie tracking everything I eat, and walking out of the office to get a healthy lunch. In terms of exercise, I try and fit in 3-4 runs (3…

The Isle of Wight test facility is free to visit, it's worth a look if you're in the area. There isn't a massive amount left - just the concrete structure and a lot of rabbits graz…

Around £500k to live a frugal existence, and £2m to live it large, assuming the majority of the money was invested in the stock market. It probably wouldn't be very fun never worki…

IntelliJ. It has some great keyboard shortcuts for refactoring code, allows searching by symbol names, and has a wide selection of plugins. Surprisingly it's quite a consistent exp…

HCOL areas probably make this viewpoint more common than it otherwise would be. It's hard enough living in Bath as a couple on the median wage, and having children makes things ver…

Android Apps targeting Android 6.0+ need to handle grant/revocation of permissions at runtime. Previous versions of Android would simply ask for the same permissions upfront when a…

Kotlin. It has has great tooling with IntelliJ, loads of libraries in the JVM ecosystem, and Native/JS build targets are in the works. It's also far less verbose than Java.

17% of Android Studio 3 projects were using Kotlin to some extent: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/11/update-on-...

Yep, that's a typo, thanks for letting me know.

Our main HQ is in San Fransisco, but we also have an office in Bath as both the founders went to university there (as did I). It's a really great city to see on a good Summer's day…

Author here - happy to answer any questions anybody might have. Also sorry for the shameless plug, but the startup I work for is currently hiring: https://www.bugsnag.com/jobs/