Jabber/XMPP: How Do We Gain Traction?(gultsch.de)

73 points by inputmice 1 month ago | 63 comments

Jabber/XMPP: 25 Years of Digital Independence(gultsch.de)

249 points by inputmice 2 months ago | 149 comments

Rewriting a 20-year-old Python library(b-list.org)

14 points by PaulHoule 6 months ago | 4 comments

Code is cheap now, but software isn't(chrisgregori.dev)

83 points by fs_software 9 months ago | 33 comments

Lessons from 15 Years of Indie App Development(lukaspetr.com)

183 points by Lukas_Petr 1 year ago | 77 comments

Accidental database programming(sqlsync.dev)

523 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 265 comments

Blog post by Carl Sverre arguing that frontend apps end up reimplementing database features like caches and indexes, and proposing a frontend-optimized database stack.

F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree(f-droid.org)

1284 points by gumby271 1 year ago | 472 comments

F-Droid blog post responding to Google's new requirement that Android app developers register with Google, and its impact on F-Droid and free software apps.

So long Google, and thanks for all the nudes(lecaro.me)

188 points by speckx 27 days ago | 77 comments

Personal blog post about using old Android 6 phones without Google Play, enjoying degoogled Android, and abandoning the Play Store over its broken review process.

Linux phones are more important now than ever(feddit.org)

627 points by wicket 1 year ago | 394 comments

A Lemmy forum post arguing Linux phone development must accelerate as Android becomes more closed, citing AOSP changes and bootloader lock removals.

The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week(gultsch.social)

327 points by inputmice 1 month ago | 315 comments

A Mastodon post by Daniel Gultsch complaining that Google Play app review now often takes over a week, with a screenshot of the Play Console releases page.

Everyone knows all the apps on your phone(peabee.substack.com)

1035 points by gniting 1 year ago | 415 comments

Substack post explaining how Android apps can still see which other apps are installed on a phone despite Google's 2022 package visibility policy.

Android may soon restrict on-device ADB(kitsumed.github.io)

941 points by shscs911 3 months ago | 459 comments

Blog post warning that proposed Android changes may restrict on-device ADB, affecting Shizuku, libadb, power-user apps and developer setups.