Aleks HaeckyPainI am typing lying flat in my bed, below a cut out cardboard box that keeps the laptop edge from cutting my stomach. If it slides down, it…Jan 25, 20171Jan 25, 20171
Aleks HaeckyI went to India, and yep, it changed my lifeIn September, I spent two weeks in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, helping teach the prototype of our Android course to a group of…Oct 5, 2016Oct 5, 2016
Aleks HaeckyWhy I won’t quit my day job, even though it means I’ll never finish my novelA writer colleague, Jena Ball, who also works in the educational space, sent me 30 Startup Lessons Learned in EdTech by Jawwad Siddiqui.Jul 31, 2016Jul 31, 2016
Aleks HaeckyinAndroid DevelopersDon’t Believe These Big Fat Lies About Performance TuningLast year, the Google Developer Relations and VetNet teams organized a free five-day crash course where military veterans and their…Feb 11, 2016Feb 11, 2016
Aleks HaeckyinAndroid DevelopersSimplify Complex View HierarchiesAt the heart of your app is the hierarchy of views that makes up the user interface and the visual experience of users. With feature-rich…Jan 26, 20163Jan 26, 20163
Aleks HaeckyinAndroid DevelopersDraw What You See! … and clip the #e11 out of the rest.Every time your app draws a pixel on the screen, it takes time. Every time your app draws an opaque pixel to replace something that has…Jan 12, 20166Jan 12, 20166
Aleks HaeckyinAndroid DevelopersExceed the Android Speed Limit!When it comes to goals or benchmarks for app performance, there is really only one. Does your app consistently draw the screen fast enough…Dec 22, 20156Dec 22, 20156
Aleks HaeckyinAndroid DevelopersYou, Your App, and Android PerformanceAs an Android developer, you are also an Android user, and you know what it feels like when an app doesn’t load, stutters at every…Dec 9, 2015Dec 9, 2015