Learn how to use Kotlin delegates to defer your interface implementation and reduce code! — Kotlin supports a beautiful feature called delegation. According to the docs: Kotlin supports “delegation” design pattern by introducing a new keyword “by”. Using this keyword or delegation methodology, Kotlin allows the derived class to access all the implemented public methods of an interface through a specific object.

Google has released this very easy to use library to store shared preferences securely — At some point in time of your Android Development, you’ll be faced with this problem, is my app secure? Am I storing the important stuff securely? If you’re not faced with these questions, then you should. Store server JWT token These days, servers are becoming stateless where the server doesn’t remember who you are…

We all need people who will give us feedback. That is one of the ways we improve. In the workplace, feedback becomes even more critical for addressing performance gaps and recognizing exemplary work… — Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots. -Frank A Clark We all need people who will give us feedback. That is one of the ways we improve. In the workplace, feedback becomes even more critical for addressing performance gaps and recognizing…

Performance reviews are an integral part of Performance Management. Circumstances and priorities can shift or alter over time, and gaps form if the employees are unable to keep up with the change. To solve this problem, many companies are implementing more flexible performance cycles. The review session is a time-bound…

Creating goals that teams and organisations will accomplish isn’t just a matter of defining what needs doing; you also have to spell out the specifics of getting it done — As Social Psychologist Heidi Grant says in ‘Get Your Team to Do What It Says It’s Going to Do’: Creating goals that teams and organizations will accomplish isn’t just a matter of defining what needs doing; you also have to spell out the specifics of getting it done because you…

As a founder or a manager, defining the goals for the employees is one of your key responsibilities — As a founder or a manager, defining the goals for the employees is one of your key responsibilities. From a logical perspective, goal setting should be a top-down process that begins with the company’s goals and cascades down from top ranks to the bottom line of the workforce. However, the…

The SMART test constructs the goal appropriately; however, it may not mean that goal is valuable to the company or organisation. — As a founder or a manager, one is accountable for ensuring that the employees produce results that align with the needs of the organisation. The stepping stone to achieve the desired effect to set the goals — effective ones. Defining goals is critical because these goals define the results, and…

“So… How does it feel to work for yourself?” — this is something I get asked too often since I started to venture into my startup — “So… How does it feel to work for yourself?” — this is something I get asked too often since I started to venture into my startup. So I thought to myself, let me do a roundup of all the feelings that catch me now and then. After completing my MBA…

How to access Retrofit or custom parameters in an Android RxWorker class. I’ll guide you step by step how we can achieve that using Dagger. Read on! — WorkManager is the latest solution by google which is very helpful in running background tasks. Under the hood it uses a combination of JobScheduler (API 23+) and BroadcastReceiver + AlarmManager (API 14–22). This basically creates a very powerful solution for scheduling or performing immediate background tasks along with constraints like…