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Why I'm Moving My API Workflow into Android Studio (and Why You Should Too)

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 Stop context switching and start testing APIs directly in your IDE with version-controlled .http files. If you’re an Android developer, you probably spend a good chunk of your day context-switching. You write a feature in  Kotlin , jump to  Postman  to hit the endpoint, fiddle with a Bearer token that just expired, and then jump back to the IDE. While Postman is a massive platform, it has become quite heavy for many daily dev tasks. There is a high-performance alternative already sitting inside your IDE that many skip over:  The JetBrains HTTP Client. 🛑 Why Developers Struggle with API Workflows The “Postman-to-Studio” shuffle creates three major friction points: Flow State Interruption:  Every time you Alt-Tab, you lose focus. Out-of-Sync Docs:  Postman collections often live in a separate cloud, disconnected from your Git branches and PRs. Auth Fatigue:  Manually copying tokens or re-logging into web dashboards is a constant time-sink. ⚡ What...
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Mastering Jetpack Compose Performance: The Senior Engineer's Field Guide

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 Beyond the Basics: Understanding Stability, Snapshots, and Optimization Contracts. Jetpack Compose has fundamentally changed how we build Android UIs, shifting the burden of state synchronization from the developer to the framework. However, that “magic” relies on a strict contract between your code and the Compose compiler. When your UI stutters, it’s usually because that contract has been broken. To build high-performance, production-ready apps, you need to look past basic syntax and understand  Stability ,  Snapshot State , and  Positional Memoization . 1. The Stability Contract: Why  List<T>  is a "Liar" Stability is the compiler’s shorthand for “I can skip this.” If a Composable’s inputs are stable and haven’t changed, Compose skips the work entirely. The Pitfall:  In-place mutation of standard collections. Since  List  is an interface that could be a mutable  ArrayList  under the hood, the Compose compiler treats it as ...
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