Lyft Mobile

Matt Klein joins Adam and Ben to talk about his role leading the Envoy Proxy project. We cover what a proxy is and why a proxy is needed, how Envoy got started and where it is today, open source, and leading technically as a high level IC. Also pickles. Too many pickles.

Leading Technically with Matt Klein

• Matt Klein on Medium
• Matt Klein on Twitter
• Envoy Proxy
• Lyft Mobile Podcast, Episode 11: Mobile Networking (re: Envoy Mobile)
• Ben on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter

Artem joins Adam and Patrick to talk about improving the productivity of Lyft's Android developers. Topics include IntelliJ plugins, Gradle, Buck, Bazel, remote cache, remote execution, and open source. Also graffiti.

Android Build Tools with Artem Zinnatullin

• Artem on Twitter
• ReactiveX/RxJava on Github
• Patrick on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter

Lou joins Adam and Polly to talk about how Lyft uses raw data to make the roads safer. Topics include wrangling large data streams, pros and cons of third party libraries, and deriving meaning from data using machine learning. Also shark attacks.

Telematics with Lou Zell

• Where to find Lou... on... MUNI?
• Lyft Mobile Podcast, Episode 3: Managing Our Releases with Polly Peterson
• Polly Peterson on LinkedIn
• Adam on Twitter

Michael and Alan join Adam and Sam to talk about consistency in API usage, contracts, code generation, and Envoy Mobile. Also human-sized pusheen dolls.

Mobile Networking with Michael Rebello and Alan Chiu

• lyft/envoy-mobile on github
• Michael on Twitter
• Alan on Twitter
• lyft/protoc-gen-star on github
• envoyproxy/envoy on github
• Lyft Mobile Podcast, Episode 1: Mobile Design System with Sam Soffes
• Sam on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter

Kateryna joins Adam and Ben to talk about receiving mentorship, UI automation testing, and experimentation. Also child daredevil careers.

Growing as an Android Developer with Kateryna Semenova

• Espresso Android Framework for UI Automation Testing
• ImageMagick app for composing images
• Kateryna's Blog post: How to grow new user sign-ups on Android
• Kateryna on LinkedIn
• Kateryna on Medium
• Ben on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter

Jeff joins Adam and Sam to talk about refactoring, tech debt, and architectural contagion. Also the Swarm of Drones Lux ride mode.

Refactoring with Jeff Hurray

• Jeff Hurray on Twitter
• Bill Clark's A Taxonomy of Tech Debt blog post
• Sam Soffes on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter

Patrick joins Adam and Polly to talk about how to lead a team of mobile engineers as an Engineering Manager. Topics include advice for new managers, humility, and focusing on people problems not technical problems. And the TV show Survivor.

Leading Mobile Teams with Patrick Sunday

• Patrick Sunday on LinkedIn
• Polly Peterson on LinkedIn
• Adam on Twitter

Alex joins Adam and Artem to talk about using vector graphics in mobile development, design consistency, and the near impossible task of morphing letters into other letters. Also what animal is best qualified to pilot Alex's body for a day.

Vector Graphics in Mobile with Alex Lockwood

• Alex's Blog: Android Design Patterns
• Shapeshifter
• ShapeShifter on github
• Alex's vector drawable script
• Alex on Twitter
• Artem on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter

JP and RJ join Adam and Sam to talk about working side by side with an iOS or Android counterpart, when feature parity isn't the most important thing, and healthy competition. Also what things taste like cricket and taking tables off of your sandwiches.

Working With a Counterpart with JP Simard and RJ Marsan

• RJ's Post post about Building Scooters on the Lyft Engineering Blog
• JP on Twitter
• RJ on Twitter
• Sam on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter

Linzi joins Adam and Sam to talk about her role designing quality into Lyft's user experiences. Also fluffernutters.

Designing for Quality with Linzi Berry Transcript

• Constraint Layout (for Designers) on TapToDismiss
• Abstract
• Rename It - Sketch plugin that batch renames layers and a lot more
• Linzi's blog
• Linzi on Twitter
• Sam on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter