What happens to Square / Block Android OSS projects post layoffs?
Let's start with some context
OSS at Square is mostly a happy accident. Jack hired Bob, who's job was attracking world class engineers, and he did that through talks & OSS.
😭 for all my ex colleagues at Square. You all made this place a wonderful place to work at ♥️
I'm still there... Scratching my head, wondering how we can keep things up for our customers
A book cover featuring a sad dinosaur called "All my friends are dead." authored by Jack Dorsey and Arnaud Weber.
Right now it feels Very Bad
Just published "Where are all the staff+ Android product engineers?"
www.zacsweers.dev/where-are-th...
Up to $86k now omg
It's been a long week, but a huge bright spot has been fellow coworkers collectively raising somewhere close to $70k for immigration justice charities in just the past few days.
Fuck ICE
If you are hitting a bunch of Gradle configuration cache invalidations, you might find my post helpful
www.liutikas.net/2025/11/21/E...
#gradle
Also migrating anvil code generators to KSP
Cash Android has recently switched to Metro, a new, fast dependency injection framework built for K2. That was a fun project and we're really happy with the results! Sharing details on how we approached the migration to help teams adopt Metro: code.cash.app/cash-android...
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I got a bunch of questions about it, so I wrote a post
www.liutikas.net/2025/11/02/U...
Awesome post from @f1xedgear.bsky.social and @autonomousapps.bsky.social about improving Gradle sync times in the IDE
engineering.block.xyz/blog/shrinki...
#gradle
Wishmaster goes so hard
the gradle property is going to be awesome for large teams with a platform team supporting the build system!
I'm coloring _very far_ outside of the lines with Spotlight, so it's not surprising that it breaks something in a Gradle "feature preview"
The tweet is in the backlog of the relevant team and is prioritized by them.
We’ve got secret police black bagging people and sending them to gulags, the scary parts of communism are already here idk what these people think a public grocery store will lead to bsky.app/profile/jame...
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New Yorkers scream out each officer’s lawsuits against them for excessive force and more upon their city, right to their faces while protesting.
Holy shit this rules
I make Gradle go fast
github.com/joshfriend
I very briefly had the displeasure of a mobile app written in Delphi
eat shit nerd
Yep, universally reviled by myself and coworkers
Setting up dropboxes outside random federal agencies with a sign saying "return laptop and id here"
a lot of all of this fuckery we're seeing boils down to "i don't want to be forced to acknowledge the existence and humanity of people who are different than me."
New Square Feature Allows Customers To Tip With Bible Quote
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