Raul Smith articles - 9 total
Android UI Jank Explained: CPU Scheduling, VSYNC Deadlines, and Thread Starvation
The first time I chased UI jank seriously, I made the same mistake most developers make: I stared at...
Why Your App Janks Under Load: Reading CPU Scheduling in Perfetto
I first noticed the jank when everything looked healthy. CPU usage wasn’t maxed out. Memory graphs...
Debugging CPU Contention on Android With Perfetto Scheduler Traces
I noticed it first as a feeling, not a metric. Scrolling felt heavy. Not broken. Just resistant....
What Happens When Mobile Apps Compete for CPU Time?
I used to think CPU time was fair. If my app needed cycles and the device had power, the work would...
Kotlin vs Java for Android App Development in Modern Codebases
The moment that comes back to me happened during a code review that ran longer than it should have....
Integrating Native On-Device Models into Flutter Without JNI Hell
I learned this lesson the hard way, not from a blog post or a conference talk, but from a week where...
When Low-Code Platforms Damage Long-Term App Stability — Lessons From 3 Real Projects
I didn’t start out skeptical about low-code platforms. In fact, when I first worked with them, it...
Why Do Some Custom Software Projects Crash Before They Even Start?
I have lost count of the number of times I have sat in that corner conference room within our Orlando...
How Offline Mode Really Works in Modern Mobile Apps?
People only think about offline mode when it lets them down. A map stops working halfway up a hiking...