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**Fragmented – AI Developer Podcast**

Fragmented is an AI developer podcast for engineers who want to go beyond vibe coding and ship real software.

We cover AI-assisted development the way working engineers actually use it: prompting strategies, code review, testing, debugging, workflows, and building production-grade software with AI tools. No hype. No “I shipped a SaaS in a weekend” stories. Just tactics that work.

Hosted by Kaushik Gopal and Iury Souza — software engineers using AI daily to build and ship real products.

From vibe coding to software engineering — one episode at a time. Our goal: help you use AI to become a better engineer, not be replaced by one.

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180: Code Comments Nov 04, 2019

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In this episode of Fragmented, Donn talks about when it's appropriate to comment your code.

Donn then dives into the types of code comments, when you might want to comment vs when you might not want to (depending upon your consumer) and then gets into how he decides to comment his code with a simple two-step process.

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179: Kaushiks Top Tips For Giving A Technical Talk Oct 28, 2019

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In this episode of Fragmented, Kaush breaks down how he begins creating and writing technical talks, using a talk he's about to give at the Mobilization Conference.

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178: Learning New Languages Oct 14, 2019

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As Android developers we know Java and now Kotlin. But to become even more seasoned developers, learning newer languages can be a level booster.

The list can go on and on, especially if you've been in the industry awhile. So, when does it make sense for you to learn a new language?

When should you learn a new language? When does it make sense? How do you do it?

In this episode KG and Donn discuss the merits of learning new languages, what new languages they’ve picked up and how they feel its important for them and their careers as developers.

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177: Over-Engineered Code Oct 07, 2019

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How do you know if some code is over-engineered?

What does that even look like?

How do you know if you're over-engineering the code that you're writing?

What if you recently started at a new company, how do you know if the code you're working with is over-engineered?

In this episode, Kaushik and Donn go back and forth on this topic ...

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176: Kotlin's !! Operator is a Code Smell Sep 30, 2019

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Kotlin isn't a magic bullet that prevents NullPointerExceptions.

Not at all.

What Kotlin does do is force you to think about how you want to handle your nulls. through Kotlin forcing you to think this through, the hope is that you'll avoid NullPointerExceptions. The only problem is, Kotlin has the !! operator, also known as the "Not Null Assertion Operator". This operator basically says "Hey Kotlin, trust me, I'm a pro, I know what I'm doing ... I KNOW THIS WON'T BE NULL".

This... is a code smell.

In this episode, Donn walks through why Kotlin's Not Null Assertion Operator (!!) is a code smell and what you can do to alleviate it.

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175: Kotlin or Java - Which one should you learn? Sep 23, 2019

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One question that Kaushik and I get all the time is this ...

I'm starting to learn how to build Android apps, which language should
I learn? Kotlin or Java?

In this episode Donn answers this question and gives valid points on why both languages are valid options and why you might want to consider one over the other.

He provides caveats to why you might want to use one language over another and some of the trade offs of Java and Kotlin and how they operate together.

If you're wrestling with this question, this is the show for you ...

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174: Testing RxJava, Debugging and More Sep 02, 2019

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Kaushik is back in this weeks podcast. 🎉

Donn and Kaushik talk about testing RxJava streams with a Kotlin extension method and how and when to test various scenarios.
Donn talks about his thoughs on the Testing Pyramid and why he think's its incorrect and how you can help shift your thinking in regards to it. They then talk about IDE themes and how the theme can help you with your day to day development and more.

They wrap up with some talk about devleoping on Mac's vs Windows and Linux.

We hope you enjoy ...

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173: What Pattern Should I Use - MVP, MVVM, MVI ...? Aug 26, 2019

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This week Donn talks about what pattern you should use when developing your application. Is it MVP? MVVM? Mabye MVI? Perhaps it's something else. Find out in this episode.

We hope you enjoy ...

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Mocking Out the API in Espresso

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172: Coil Image Loading Library with Colin White Aug 12, 2019

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In this episode Donn and Kaushik sit down with Instacart Engineer Colin White to discuss a new image library he has created called Coil.

Coil is a Kotlin-first image library that focuses on ease of use, simplicity and extensibility. In this episode we ask him the question you're probably wondering ... "Why create an image library, isn't this a solved problem already?" and then move onto the details of how the library works, and what it offers developers.

From Donn's perspective - It's an interesting library and gives you what you need with minimal footprint but offers you the extensibility that you'd want in the future. Its a good balance of "just enough" and "I might need this".

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171: Jetpack Compose with Leland Richardson Jul 29, 2019

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This week Donn and Kaushik talk to Leland Richardson from the Android team at Google about Jetpack Compose.

Jetpack Compose is declarative component-based UI runtime for Android. With compose you can build your UI with functions in Kotlin to easily "compose" what your UI would look like.

We dive deep in this episode. We talk about the background and influence React had on the project, we dive deep into some of the decisions made regarding the library and much much more...

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