Ash Davies 🇩🇪 🏴
@ashdavies.dev
Google Developer Expert for Android, failed blogger, public speaker, maker (and breaker) of shiny things. Kotlin aficionado, Multiplatform manipulator, prolific facilitator of cute cat photographs, spends more time travelling than working (he/him).
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📣 The KotlinConf’26 Call for Papers closes soon – you’ve got just three weeks left to submit your idea! We’d love to hear your Kotlin story. sessionize.com/kotlinconf-2...
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
📣 The KotlinConf’26 Call for Papers closes soon – you’ve got just three weeks left to submit your idea! We’d love to hear your Kotlin story. sessionize.com/kotlinconf-2...
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me when the AI bubble bursts
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
me when the AI bubble bursts
Idea for an app: A messenger application that translates everything you say to sound like it came from an AI, hallucinations included.
Me: Hi Mum, how are you?
Mum: ...
Me: Mum?
Mum: You're absolutely right! The weather in Vancouver is surprisingly warm this year.
Me: ...
Me: Hi Mum, how are you?
Mum: ...
Me: Mum?
Mum: You're absolutely right! The weather in Vancouver is surprisingly warm this year.
Me: ...
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Idea for an app: A messenger application that translates everything you say to sound like it came from an AI, hallucinations included.
Me: Hi Mum, how are you?
Mum: ...
Me: Mum?
Mum: You're absolutely right! The weather in Vancouver is surprisingly warm this year.
Me: ...
Me: Hi Mum, how are you?
Mum: ...
Me: Mum?
Mum: You're absolutely right! The weather in Vancouver is surprisingly warm this year.
Me: ...
Introducing Ellie, our new 10 week old addition to the family, here she is being tiny and adorable.
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Introducing Ellie, our new 10 week old addition to the family, here she is being tiny and adorable.
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Don't forget to disable the automatically-on-by-default option to utilise your profile data for training AI models for #Microsoft #LinkedIn before November 3rd.
Go to Settings & Privacy > Data Privacy
#NoAI
Go to Settings & Privacy > Data Privacy
#NoAI
November 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Don't forget to disable the automatically-on-by-default option to utilise your profile data for training AI models for #Microsoft #LinkedIn before November 3rd.
Go to Settings & Privacy > Data Privacy
#NoAI
Go to Settings & Privacy > Data Privacy
#NoAI
@droidcon.bsky.social London has such an amazing line up, which can make it difficult to choose, which talk do you want to go to?!
If you find yourself around at 16:10 tomorrow, you'll have some incredible speakers to choose from...
#droidcon #DCLDN25
If you find yourself around at 16:10 tomorrow, you'll have some incredible speakers to choose from...
#droidcon #DCLDN25
October 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
@droidcon.bsky.social London has such an amazing line up, which can make it difficult to choose, which talk do you want to go to?!
If you find yourself around at 16:10 tomorrow, you'll have some incredible speakers to choose from...
#droidcon #DCLDN25
If you find yourself around at 16:10 tomorrow, you'll have some incredible speakers to choose from...
#droidcon #DCLDN25
Check in 23 hrs 59 mins before flight...
Middle seat.
🤬
Middle seat.
🤬
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Check in 23 hrs 59 mins before flight...
Middle seat.
🤬
Middle seat.
🤬
Everybody touting about how AI helped their workflow, and I just end up with code that I neither wrote nor understand, not sure if I'm doing it wrong or if AI just really is shit
October 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Everybody touting about how AI helped their workflow, and I just end up with code that I neither wrote nor understand, not sure if I'm doing it wrong or if AI just really is shit
Hot Take: The internet is worse off for JavaScript having been invented.
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hot Take: The internet is worse off for JavaScript having been invented.
On the train to #Prague for #DevFest25 now's a good time to start my slides right?
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
On the train to #Prague for #DevFest25 now's a good time to start my slides right?
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There are fewer more satisfying things than deleting code and thereby reducing the surface area of stuff that needs to be maintained and can go wrong. Good thread:
my toxic engineer trait is that I'm basically allergic to code
all code is bad. the less code the better. why are you writing new code stahp *sprays devs with squirt bottle*
all code is bad. the less code the better. why are you writing new code stahp *sprays devs with squirt bottle*
October 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
There are fewer more satisfying things than deleting code and thereby reducing the surface area of stuff that needs to be maintained and can go wrong. Good thread:
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Finally, we can set Project view as default in Android Studio. This is really nice if you develop Kotlin Multiplatform project in Android Studio 🛠️📱
#AndroidDev #Kotlin #KotlinMultiplatform #AndroidStudio #iOSDev
#AndroidDev #Kotlin #KotlinMultiplatform #AndroidStudio #iOSDev
October 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Finally, we can set Project view as default in Android Studio. This is really nice if you develop Kotlin Multiplatform project in Android Studio 🛠️📱
#AndroidDev #Kotlin #KotlinMultiplatform #AndroidStudio #iOSDev
#AndroidDev #Kotlin #KotlinMultiplatform #AndroidStudio #iOSDev
Well this is rather cool, Thank you to @sessionize.com for making me speaker of the day! 🎉 sessionize.com/speakers-dir...
October 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Well this is rather cool, Thank you to @sessionize.com for making me speaker of the day! 🎉 sessionize.com/speakers-dir...
Looks like I should add status.github.com to my bookmarks www.theverge.com/tech/796119/...
Microsoft is moving GitHub over to Azure servers
Most of the migration will happen within 12 months
www.theverge.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Looks like I should add status.github.com to my bookmarks www.theverge.com/tech/796119/...
Public WiFi networks that prohibit VPN traffic, what's your deal?!
October 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Public WiFi networks that prohibit VPN traffic, what's your deal?!
Just met the most adorable little rescue kitten, sad story about where they were found, but they're a little fighter, hoping to adopt when they recover 🤞😻
September 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Just met the most adorable little rescue kitten, sad story about where they were found, but they're a little fighter, hoping to adopt when they recover 🤞😻
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This is a fascinating and scary little video. And what South Korea is experiencing is only slightly ahead of where the UK and many advanced economies are.
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
SOUTH KOREA IS OVER
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is a fascinating and scary little video. And what South Korea is experiencing is only slightly ahead of where the UK and many advanced economies are.
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
Without immigration, we are FUCKED. I mean TOTALLY FUCKED. Yet all parties compete to stop migration. It's madness.
youtu.be/Ufmu1WD2TSk?...
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Designers when an android engineer ask to just use the system back arrow: “our custom back arrow is an expression of our brand, we cannot yield to looking like a Google app”
Designers when Liquid Glass looks like shit everywhere in their app: “LEROY JENKINSSSSSSS”
Designers when Liquid Glass looks like shit everywhere in their app: “LEROY JENKINSSSSSSS”
September 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Designers when an android engineer ask to just use the system back arrow: “our custom back arrow is an expression of our brand, we cannot yield to looking like a Google app”
Designers when Liquid Glass looks like shit everywhere in their app: “LEROY JENKINSSSSSSS”
Designers when Liquid Glass looks like shit everywhere in their app: “LEROY JENKINSSSSSSS”
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Huge milestone! Day 1 keynotes from droidcon Berlin 2025 & Fluttercon EU 2025 are live on YouTube — same day as they happened!
▶️ Android keynote: youtu.be/CmTSnxCTyIk ▶️ Flutter keynote: youtu.be/lgG3O_sScqU
#droidcon #Fluttercon #AndroidDev #Flutter
▶️ Android keynote: youtu.be/CmTSnxCTyIk ▶️ Flutter keynote: youtu.be/lgG3O_sScqU
#droidcon #Fluttercon #AndroidDev #Flutter
Keynote - The Future of Android...And How to Prepare For It | droidcon Berlin 2025
YouTube video by droidcon & fluttercon
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Huge milestone! Day 1 keynotes from droidcon Berlin 2025 & Fluttercon EU 2025 are live on YouTube — same day as they happened!
▶️ Android keynote: youtu.be/CmTSnxCTyIk ▶️ Flutter keynote: youtu.be/lgG3O_sScqU
#droidcon #Fluttercon #AndroidDev #Flutter
▶️ Android keynote: youtu.be/CmTSnxCTyIk ▶️ Flutter keynote: youtu.be/lgG3O_sScqU
#droidcon #Fluttercon #AndroidDev #Flutter
It is not possible to eat a Croissant elegantly, delicious, flaky bastards
September 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It is not possible to eat a Croissant elegantly, delicious, flaky bastards
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I never thought about it, but saving the last preferred size of the window on a desktop app is a nice UX touch! Thanks to the user who reported it on FeedFlow.
Here's how you can do it with Compose Multiplatform
Here's how you can do it with Compose Multiplatform
September 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I never thought about it, but saving the last preferred size of the window on a desktop app is a nice UX touch! Thanks to the user who reported it on FeedFlow.
Here's how you can do it with Compose Multiplatform
Here's how you can do it with Compose Multiplatform
One thing I find frustrating about living in Germany is how often Germans will assume Ashley is exclusively a woman's name, or that it was necessary to assume a gender in the first place.
August 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
One thing I find frustrating about living in Germany is how often Germans will assume Ashley is exclusively a woman's name, or that it was necessary to assume a gender in the first place.
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My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
August 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
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Been messing around with inserting this prompt into LLM conversations and it massively improves the “tends to over validate the user” issue. I kind of feel like consumer models should all have this by default
August 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Been messing around with inserting this prompt into LLM conversations and it massively improves the “tends to over validate the user” issue. I kind of feel like consumer models should all have this by default