James Cullimore is a seasoned Freelance Android Developer and active community speaker based in Germany. With a decade of experience transitioning from a hardware technician to a software engineer, he shares his candid insights on navigating the realities of the freelance lifestyle, the importance of maintaining work-life balance, and the future of the ecosystem with KMP and Compose. In this interview, James also discusses his approach to public speaking, the value of simplicity in architecture, and how he leverages AI tools and open-source contributions to stay ahead of the curve.

Link to the video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xD61A8B_gdk

In this episode, I'm joined by Vitaly Sharovatov, Developer Advocate at Qase, to dive into one of the most overlooked yet impactful practices in software development: developers testing their own code

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We explore how shifting testing left—having developers test while building—saves time, avoids costly context-switching, and prevents bugs or misunderstandings from slipping through to QA or production. Vitaly also shares insights on how to structure your test strategy, balance manual vs. automated testing, and how tools like Qase can help teams stay organized and efficient with Test Management Systems (TMS).

Whether you're building solo or as part of a larger team, this conversation offers practical advice for writing more reliable code before it becomes someone else’s problem.

Link to the video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/2ouS1rMTM74

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► Qase:
https://qase.io/

► ESP32 Weather Station project repository:
https://github.com/sharovatov/esp32-ws

Vitaly Sharovatov
Developer advocate @ Qase, Manager, Engineer, and Mentor
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Alejandra Stamato is an Android community active member who recently switched from being an Android Developer Relations Engineer at Google, working in Compose text and architecture, to a product role as Android Technical Lead at HubSpot. In this friendly interview, she will share with us her story and career path.

Link to the video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/52NCS68uoMA

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► Ale's Twitter:
https://twitter.com/@astamatok

► Ale's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandra-stamato/

► Ale's TextField in Jetpack Compose: past, present, and future - Droidcon London 2023 talk:
https://www.droidcon.com/2023/11/15/textfield-in-jetpack-composepast-present-and-future/

► Ale's Write it down: Using text in Jetpack Compose - Droidcon Berlin 2022 talk:
https://www.droidcon.com/2022/08/01/write-it-down-using-text-in-jetpack-compose/

► Ale's BasicTextField2 articles:

• A TextField of Dreams [1/2]
• A TextField of Dreams [2/2]

► Ale's Swipe and Savor: Building a swipeable Snackbar in Compose article:
https://medium.com/@astamato/swipe-and-savor-building-a-swipeable-snackbar-in-compose-c696cbe72135

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Nicole Terc is an Android community active member who, last year, had 3 talks at 3 different Droidcon events. She has recently joined the Dance Company as Software Engineering Lead, and in this friendly interview, she will share with us her story and career path.

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• A Canvas Story - Droidcon NewYork
• The Creative Coding Epilogue - Droidcon London

► Nicole's Composable Sheep Trilogy Repos:

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Philipp Lackner is an Android YouTuber currently focusing mostly on his channel and training Android developers at the industrial level, and is one of the Android Community's active members. Having a large number of followers, he is a well-known face among the Android trainers who recently moved to Berlin!

In this interview, which happened during Droidcon Berlin 2022, you will learn more about his lifestyle, his ideas about Android development, and his latest talk about Kotlin Coroutines.

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Ivan Morgillo is a freelance Android Developer currently working for Novoda, the co-host of Code with the Italians, and one of the Android Community's active members. He is a well-known face in the Berlin Android meetup group who recently moved back to Italy!
In this interview, you will learn more about his lifestyle, his ideas about Android development, and his recent contributions to the Android community.

Links to the video on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/vXG3ayn5Lsg

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► Ivan's Twitter
https://twitter.com/@hamen

► Code with the Italians
https://www.twitch.tv/codewiththeitalians
https://www.youtube.com/CodewiththeItalians

► Ivan's personal weblog
https://www.ivanmorgillo.com/

► Ivan's Kindle app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dronix.android.kindlegratis

► Ivan's talk at Droidcon Berlin 2015 - Android Reactive Programming with RxJava
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCLZ55M2gVo

► Ivan's talk at Geekfest 2018 - "Can You Read My Code?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JKrytnXZSM

► Ivan's talk at Mobius 2020 - Design for errors — an introduction to Domain modeling with a bit of Arrow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvEky8W2mJ4

► "Domain-Driven Design" book
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/0321125215/

► "Domain Modeling Made Functional" book
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/1680502549/

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Danny Preussler is an Android Engineer at SoundCloud and an active member of the Android Community. He is well known for all the Droidcon Berlin opening sessions he hosted, and many talks around testing and TDD, and is also a well-known face in the Berlin Android meetup group.

In this interview, you will learn more about his lifestyle, his ideas about Android development, and his recent contributions to the Android community.

Links to the video on YouTube:
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► Danny's latest article - Interpreting voice results for Android media apps in cars
https://medium.com/proandroiddev/interpreting-voice-results-for-android-media-apps-in-cars-f36d7bdb26e1

► Danny's talk at Droidcon Berlin 2013 - "Unit tests with Robolectric"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tns9zrjQ108

► Danny's talk at Droidcon Zagreb 2016 - All around the world -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk78DRUoIIA

► Danny's talk at Droidcon Berlin 2017 - The power of Kotlin for your tests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3e9KRfGqsQ

► Danny's talk at Droidcon Berlin 2018 - To inject or not to inject dependency in a Kotlin world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUKtxzqLyKM

► Danny's talk at Droidcon NYC 2018 - Junit5: the next-gen of testing, don't stay behind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fIkkoPtPaw

► Danny's talk at Android Makers Paris 2019 - Effective Unit Testing with Kotlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc69W9c3l-c

► Danny's talk at DevFest 2019 - TDD on Android
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW5TL7070xU

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