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Constructing Kotlin Friendly Code

Kotlin is often lauded for it’s conciseness and eloquent syntax, but often suffers from being confined to more limited Java coding conventions. This may be welcoming to Java developers looking to adopt Kotlin in their projects, but could be off-putting for others working in different environments, as well as, somewhat limiting Kotlin’s full linguistic potential. […]

Is bakuchiol safe during pregnancy? episode 210

We’ve got a fully packed program today.  We’ll be covering a couple of cosmetic science news stories, catching up from my hiatus and answering questions about… Is silicone suffocating hair and causing hair loss? Do proteins in nail products strengthen nails? What is goat’s milk doing in soaps and more? What’s an affordable version of […]

Migrating our component library to the Material Button

Header Photo by Pearse O’Halloran on Unsplash For our Android clients we have a small component library which is used to shared common visual elements across the different Android applications that we work on. We recently updated our applications to the Material Components library, meaning that our component library itself needed to go through the same transition. Within […]

It’s about time

People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. — Albert Einstein Time representation is a necessity for nearly all applications. The ability to display, reference, track, and manipulate moments of time plays an important role in the development of applications. But […]

Android Live Regions | Mobile A11y

Live Regions are one of my favourite accessibility features on Android. They’re a super simple solution to a common accessibility problem that people with visual impairments can stumble across. Say you have a game app, really any type of game. Your user interacts with the play area, and as they do, their score increases or […]

Is eye lash lift safe and effective? episode 209

It’s a solo Beauty Brains podcast. Chemical Free RantSince I’m going solo, there are a few topics I’d like to rant about. Let’s start with chemical free. Can someone tell me something, what do people mean when they claim “chemical free”? I look at the world from the standpoint of a scientist but you don’t […]

Strobist: Hot-Shoe Go-To: The Godox TT600

How best to put this? The Godox TT600 is, objectively, a screaming bargain. It is a full-sized manual-only speedlight with power comparable to OEM speedlights that cost over eight(!) times as much. It features a reliable, built-in transceiver, a suite of different remote triggers and is part of a ridiculously comprehensive lineup of lighting gear. […]