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Kotlin + Akka Part 5: Pub / Sub

The Akka Event Stream provides a pub/sub style API for actors. Actors subscribe to ‘channels’ on the Event Stream; the event is placed in…

Jun 4, 2018

Jun 4, 2018

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Kotlin + Akka Part 4: Scheduling

By now, you have played around with creating basic Actors and Actor hierarchies. It’s important to note that messages are delivered to…

May 7, 2018

May 7, 2018

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Kotlin + Akka Part 3: Dispatchers

The Akka Dispatcher defines the wiring of an Actor within an Actor System, such as how the Actor’s mailbox is configured and what…

Apr 30, 2018

Apr 30, 2018

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Migrating to Kotlin on Android

It’s no secret that Kotlin is the new hotness for Android development, and for good reason. The language is more concise, handles NPEs…

Apr 23, 2018

Apr 23, 2018

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Kotlin + Akka Part 2: Akka Hierarchy

In Part 1, we learned how to create a very simple Actor that prints out the String message it receives. An important concept to understand…

Apr 17, 2018

Apr 17, 2018

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Migrating to Downloadable Fonts on Android

At Blockchain, we have many mobile users in bandwidth constrained environments such as developing countries. As such keeping the app small…

Apr 11, 2018

Migrating to Downloadable Fonts on Android

Apr 11, 2018

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Kotlin + Akka Part 1: Hello Kotlin!

One of the many projects currently underway at Blockchain involves building a real-time platform that runs 24/7, capable of processing…

Apr 4, 2018

Apr 4, 2018

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Building Cryptocurrency Agnostic Components in My-Wallet-V3 and My-Wallet-V3-Frontend

At Blockchain, we’re striving to write reusable, extendable, and flexible code. This practice has become even more important with the…

Apr 4, 2018

Building Cryptocurrency Agnostic Components in My-Wallet-V3 and My-Wallet-V3-Frontend

Apr 4, 2018

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Welcome to Blockchain’s Engineering Blog

Blockchain is the world’s leading software platform for digital assets. Our engineering team builds and operates the Blockchain Wallet…

Apr 4, 2018

Apr 4, 2018

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The Blockchain.com engineering team is building an open, accessible, and fair financial future, one piece of software at a time. Learn more at blockchain.com

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