InBabylon EngineeringbyJoao Alves·Feb 10, 2020Pull Request review etiquetteAs software engineers, we spend most of our time writing and reading code. A lot of that time is spent reading other people’s code in PRs.
InBabylon EngineeringbyJoao Alves·Dec 9, 2019The importance of onboarding people wellStarting a new job as an engineer can be overwhelming at with all the technologies one has to learn, the processes they have to get…
Joao Alves·Mar 26, 2019Minimalism in Software Engineering — tidy that calendarWelcome to the last article on the series. Today we’re going through some tips around calendar management and how to handle people…
Joao Alves·Mar 19, 2019Minimalism in Software Engineering — tidy that desktopToday I’m going to explore the changes I made on my machine and workflow to reduce the number of distractions during work time…
Joao Alves·Mar 12, 2019Minimalism in Software Engineering — tidy that workplace…today I’ll share the changes I made on my physical workspace, namely my desks, and how it helped me do to my work better
Joao Alves·Mar 6, 2019Minimalism in Software Engineering — an introductionWhat’s minimalism and how can it help us become more efficient at our job as software engineers?
InProAndroidDevbyJoao Alves·Dec 21, 2018London Tube Status App — from Rx to CoroutinesAnother migration guide. Now that Coroutines are stable, I decided to migrate this app from Rx to Coroutines to give it a try.A response icon2A response icon2
Joao Alves·Dec 7, 2018Firebase Android Playground — Cloud MessagingToday we’re going to look into Firebase Cloud Messaging and how we can use it to send messages to our app and trigger local notifications…
Joao Alves·Nov 22, 2018Firebase Android Playground — Realtime Database…we setup our authentication system so we’re now ready to use Firebase Realtime Database to build a realtime database for our app.A response icon1A response icon1
Joao Alves·Nov 8, 2018Firebase Android Playground — AuthenticationIn this one, we’ll look into Firebase Authentication and see how easy it is to authenticate your users in several different ways…A response icon1A response icon1