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The Chrome browser has long been infamous for its excessive resource consumption, although Google has been experimenting with ways to reduce that. The latest Performance Controls feature might be the biggest step in that direction. Google Chrome has rolled out new updates designed to give you more control over browser performance and speed. A key […]
This article documents how I created my own custom screen saver for macOS, built almost entirely in Kotlin, using the powers of Kotlin Multiplatform to target macOS. The inspiration for this project was the KotlinConf 2023 idle video, which had Kotlin’s logos through the ages bouncing around the screen, in the style of classic DVD […]
We recently shipped Data Saver Mode, a new feature on Instagram for Android that helps the app consume less mobile data. In this post, we’ll go over why we decided to work on this feature, our approach in developing it, the engineering implementation, and how people were impacted by it. The motivation behind building Data […]
We recently shipped Data Saver Mode, a new feature on Instagram for Android that helps the app consume less mobile data. In this post, we’ll go over why we decided to work on this feature, our approach in developing it, the engineering implementation, and how people were impacted by it. The motivation behind building Data […]