Notes from a lead mobile engineer.
I write about Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Multiplatform, and the occasional Flutter detour — plus what it actually takes to lead a mobile team without losing the plot. No marketing copy, just what worked (and what didn't).
From the field
Mostly Compose and KMP these days, with the odd leadership post when the code needs a break.
Lesson 14: Lists in Compose: LazyColumn and LazyRow
Lists in Compose: LazyColumn and LazyRow Our task list app needs to show a list of tasks. A plain Column would technically work, but it renders
Lesson 13: Building a Simple Interactive Screen (Counter App)
Building a Simple Interactive Screen (Counter App) Let's combine everything from lessons 6–12 into one complete, working screen. @Composable fun CounterScreen() { var count
Lesson 12: State in Compose: remember and mutableStateOf
State in Compose: remember and mutableStateOf This is the most important lesson in the entire course. Everything from here forward depends on understanding this properly. The
Lesson 11: Buttons and Handling User Input
Buttons and Handling User Input Time to make something interactive. Compose gives you several built-in input components — let's cover the two you'
Lesson 10: Displaying Text and Images
Displaying Text and Images We've used Text a lot already. Let's cover it properly, then add images. Styling text Text( text = "
Lesson 9: Modifiers: Styling and Spacing in Compose
Modifiers: Styling and Spacing in Compose Every composable accepts a modifier parameter — it's how you control padding, size, background color, click behavior, and much
Hey, I'm Ahmad Najar, the person behind this blog.
I lead a mobile engineering team by day and write here by night (well — mostly on weekends, coffee in hand). This blog is where I dump the stuff that doesn't fit in a Slack thread: Compose patterns I keep reaching for, what actually happened when we moved shared logic to Kotlin Multiplatform, and the messier parts of managing engineers instead of just being one.
No sponsored posts, no growth-hacking. Just notes from someone who's still writing Kotlin most days and occasionally still gets paged at 2am.