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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.

Latest Episodes:

301 - The AI coding ladder Jan 19, 2026

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Most folks reference "AI coding" like it's one thing. It's really not. In this foundational episode Kaushik & Iury walk through (at least) four paradigms — from super autocomplete to agent orchestration — each with different workflows, expectations, and mental models.

What do most developers follow today? Where is the frontier? What's coming in the future?

Listen to the episode and find out!

Full shownotes at fragmentedpodcast.com.

Show Notes

Gen 1: Super autocomplete

Gen 2: Chat Oriented Programming

Gen 3: Agent

Gen 4: Agent Orchestration

Git worktrees

Tips

Iury: Transfer between agents using your own
compact command
KG: Ask the agent to clarify your prompt

Confirm if my requirements are clear. If you have follow up questions, ask me
first and clarify before executing anything.

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300 - From Vibe coding to Software engineering Jan 12, 2026

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Fragmented is changing. New direction, new cohost. Kaushik explains the pivot
from Android to AI development and introduces Iury Souza.

From vibe coding to software engineering — one episode at a time.

Full shownotes at fragmentedpodcast.com.

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257 - Future of AndroidDev in an AI world with Vinay Gaba Mar 04, 2025

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Join us as we talk with Vinay Gaba, Android GDE and leading voice in Android development, about the future of the field. Vinay shares insights from interviews with top Android devs on their three-year predictions, and offers his own perspective. We cover AI's impact, evolving development roles, and crucial future skills.

You can find the full shownotes over at fragmentedpodcast.com.

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Pessimists avoid risk, Optimists change the world.

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256 - Rapid prototyping with Kotlin Feb 24, 2025

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In this episode, we dive into the power of rapid prototyping for Android developers using Kotlin. We explore how this crucial skill can impress stakeholders, accelerate your workflow, and help you stay ahead in today's fast-paced tech landscape. We'll cover use cases across scripting, web development (with Ktor & HTMX), mobile apps (Jetpack Compose), and even touch upon how AI is changing the game!

You can find the full shownotes over at fragmentedpodcast.com.

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Simple scripting
- State of Kotlin Scripting 2024 - Jetbrains blog
- Kotlin mini-app repo playground-kt
- Advent of Code
Web sites
- Hugo static site generator
- Cloudflare Pages
- Slashdot effect
- Fragmented Podcast Website powered by Henry (Kaushik's custom theme)
Web apps
Mobile apps
- Episode 252 talking about playground-android
- Flutter
- Kotlin Multiplatform KMP
- React Native
LLM Based apps
Vibe coding an AirBnb clone

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255 - Data Oriented Programming Feb 18, 2025

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In this episode, we dive into the programming paradigm — Data Oriented Programming (DOP) and why making data the star can simplify your code. Learn how well-modeled data reduces defensive logic, prevents invalid states, and keeps your apps stable. We’ll also contrast DOP with Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and Functional Programming (FP), sharing practical examples, tips, and resource links to deepen your understanding.

The full shownotes with illustrations are on fragmentedpodcast.com.

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Programming Paradigms
- Object Oriented Programming
- Functional Programming

Data Oriented Programming (DOP)

UUID
- RFC 4122
- Kotlin now includes UUID in the standard lib even for kotlin multiplatform.

Resources

Brian Goetz's seminal article on DOP
Ties Van de Ven Advanced Kotlin Dev Day in 2022
Data Oriented Programming in Java by Chris Kiehl (by Manning Publications)
Devoxx talk by Nicolai Parlog on youtube

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254 - 8× faster 5× memory savings with Dan Rusu’s Immutable Arrays Dec 24, 2024

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In this episode, discover how Dan Rusu’s pods4k Immutable Arrays library can deliver 2–8× speed boosts and 5× lower memory usage in Kotlin/Android apps. We first revisit the fundamentals of autoboxing/unboxing and immutability to understand their impact on performance. Then we hear from Dan himself on his library, motiviations for building it, how the benchmarks were calculated and much much more. Our grand finale episode for 2024. Hope you enjoy it!

Full Shownotes at https://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/254.

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Immutable Arrays on github
Immutability episode #66 on Immutability with Ryan Harter
JMH - Java Microbenchmark Harness
Immutable Arrays Benchmarks page for Immutable Arrays (pods4k)
Dan's post - Kotlin avoids entire categories of Java defects
K2 compiler
Dan Rusu
- Website
- pods4k github discussions

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253 - logcat - a new look at logging with Piwai from Square Dec 10, 2024

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Kaushik looks at a new logging library from Square called logcat. He starts by seeing how the popular Timber library does it along with the benefits. He then interviews Pierre-Yves Ricau (Piwai) of Square, the creator of logcat, to explore its origins and advantages.

You can find the full shownotes over at fragmentedpodcast.com.

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252 - Everyone needs a starter template Nov 26, 2024

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In this episode of Fragmented, Kaushik dives into the importance of creating your own starter template to streamline app development and minimize decision fatigue. He shares insights from his own starter template - Playground Android.

Looking to the future, JetBrains has an exciting tool called Amper that might make all of this much easier. Kaushik chats with JetBrains’ Márton Braun about Amper, an exciting new tool that could revolutionize Kotlin & Android project setups.

Tune in to learn how to go from idea to code with less friction!

You can find the full shownotes over at fragmentedpodcast.com.

Show Notes

Playground Android
The Architecture Templates (blog post)
Inspiration (Other starter templates):
- Bloco's starter template what i referenced a lot
- Donn's project - Jumpstart Android if you care about quickly getting a Rails app integrated with Android in a hybrid experience
- Now in Android too much functionality for my taste
- Jake's u2020 for some good times nostalgia
Playground Android
- gradle version catalog - BOM & Bundles (one source of truth)
- sharing build logic with gradle convention plugin
- Makefile with common cli commands
- Custom lint-rules
- Multi module setup
- dependency injection with kotlin-inject-anvil
  - Episode 251 - There's a new king in DI town
- function-injection demo in @Composable
Amper
- logcat lib and injecting multiple loggers
- basic networking with ktor #10
- compose-navigation between feature modules
Iury's post on Kotlin Devex
Amper
- blog posts on Amper
Feedback on Amper - kotlinlang slack
Contact Márton Braun

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251- There's a new king in DI town Nov 12, 2024

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In this episode, Kaushik explores the evolution of dependency injection (DI) in Android development. Dagger has been the de-facto solution for DI in Android but there might be a new king in DI-town. He also chats with friend of the show and dependency injection expert Ralf Wondratschek for a final gut check.

Shownotes: https://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/251

250 - Bittersweet beginnings Oct 29, 2024

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We're back from the hiatus with our SemiQuicentennial episode! With the momentous 250 comes some big announcements and a shift in the way we do things.

Listen to find out the details!

Shownotes: https://fragmentedpodcast.com/episodes/250

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Gen 4: Agent Orchestration

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