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Aleks Haecky

Pain

I am typing lying flat in my bed, below a cut out cardboard box that keeps the laptop edge from cutting my stomach. If it slides down, it…

Jan 25, 2017

Pain

Jan 25, 2017

Aleks Haecky

I went to India, and yep, it changed my life

In September, I spent two weeks in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, helping teach the prototype of our Android course to a group of…

Oct 5, 2016

I went to India, and yep, it changed my life

Oct 5, 2016

Aleks Haecky

Why I won’t quit my day job, even though it means I’ll never finish my novel

A writer colleague, Jena Ball, who also works in the educational space, sent me 30 Startup Lessons Learned in EdTech by Jawwad Siddiqui.

Jul 31, 2016

Why I won’t quit my day job, even though it means I’ll never finish my novel

Jul 31, 2016

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Android Developers

Don’t Believe These Big Fat Lies About Performance Tuning

Last year, the Google Developer Relations and VetNet teams organized a free five-day crash course where military veterans and their…

Feb 11, 2016

Don’t Believe These Big Fat Lies About Performance Tuning

Feb 11, 2016

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Android Developers

Simplify Complex View Hierarchies

At the heart of your app is the hierarchy of views that makes up the user interface and the visual experience of users. With feature-rich…

Jan 26, 2016

Simplify Complex View Hierarchies

Jan 26, 2016

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Android Developers

Draw What You See! … and clip the #e11 out of the rest.

Every time your app draws a pixel on the screen, it takes time. Every time your app draws an opaque pixel to replace something that has…

Jan 12, 2016

Draw What You See! … and clip the #e11 out of the rest.

Jan 12, 2016

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Android Developers

Exceed the Android Speed Limit!

When it comes to goals or benchmarks for app performance, there is really only one. Does your app consistently draw the screen fast enough…

Dec 22, 2015

Exceed the Android Speed Limit!

Dec 22, 2015

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Android Developers

You, Your App, and Android Performance

As an Android developer, you are also an Android user, and you know what it feels like when an app doesn’t load, stutters at every…

Dec 9, 2015

You, Your App, and Android Performance

Dec 9, 2015

Aleks Haecky

Aleks Haecky

Writer, Developer Advocate, and Editor of All Things — also at Google. All opinions are my own and may not represent the opinions of my employer.

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