It's time for my annual review. This record is more for me than it is for you, but hey, if you want a one-stop shop for Dan's activities in 2018, this is it!

My baby was born in March, which somewhat reduced my level of output. At the very least, I was not traveling for conferences, and probably still won't be traveling in 2019, either.

Articles

• Notifications in Android 8.1

  Android 8.1 fixed some issues I had with notification handling, making life much easier!

• When you don't need a map
  

  A small note about when to avoid using RxJava's map().

• How to Release a Buggy App (And Live to Tell the Tale)

  Here are the methods we employ at Trello Android to avoid releasing critical bugs to users.

• How to Screw Over Your Beta Users Without Really Trying

  An addendum to the previous post about a time when Trello Android made a mistake and messed up the installs for a couple of our beta users by accident.

• Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: Thoughts on Remote Communication

  As Atlassian grows more and more remote friendly, it felt important to start writing up thoughts on remote communication.

• Exploring Spannable Performance
  

  Due to working on a new Markdown parser, I dove into Spannable construction performance and was surprised by what I discovered.

• ConnectableObservable: So Hot Right Now

  A small note about a logical snafu one can make with RxJava's ConnectableObservable (around concurrency issues).

• Edina City Council Election (2018)

  Now for something completely different: I got into ultra-local politics this year. As a post-mortem, one of the two candidates I wanted to win got in.

• The Reality of Migrating to AndroidX
  

  I found that migrating from support libraries to AndroidX to be more of a hassle than expected. Here's documentation of exactly how I made the transition.

Talks

• Irrational Exuberance: Kotlin Edition

  A talk I gave at a local Kotlin night about some ways that I see new Kotlin users go overboard when first encountering the language (usually resulting in difficult to read code).

• Re-Architecting Applications (Without a Rewrite!)
  (Slides)

  A talk I gave at a local devfest about how to improve an old app without having to rewrite the whole thing.

• Global Diversity CFP Day

  I mentored at the local global diversity CFP day. Unfortunately, there was a snowstorm that day, which cut attendance quite a bit. But I think it's a great event!

Open Source

• Advent of Code (2017)

  I setup a blank template for Advent of Code 2017 (for Kotlin users). You have to enter your own inputs (since they're randomly generated) but it gets rid of a lot of boilerplate if all you want to do is quickly run through questions.

• I continued to maintain the following projects:

  • joda-time-android
  • navi
  • RxLifecycle
  • victor

That said, navi is being deprecated (in favor of Android architecture components).

Podcasts

• One Word Podcast

  I've gotten into the podcasting business. This 100% serious podcast is probably worth your time.