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Episode #20

· 3 min read
Emmanuel Muturia™

Welcomes & Hellos! 🫂​

Winter Season is here, fellow Android Developers! As you keep on building while sipping your favourite hot beverage, we would like to entertain you with the usual monthly compensation. While we genuinely wish it came with a dollar sign and lots of zeros at the end, we believe that ours will most certainly get you there. This is Episode #20 of The Kotlin Kenya Newsletter!

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The Virtual Opening Session​

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This meetup was not your ordinary one and in case you did not catch it, this is KotlinConf' Nairobi! Can you believe that? Kotlin's biggest event was held not just in Coppenhagen but in Nairobi too. Well, the extended version at least but it is something, nonetheless. As you know and are probably sick of hearing by now, we take great pride in the speakers that grace our stages and the one who opened the ceremony was no exception as she is, well, exceptional. Pamela Hill was kind enough to mark the event open and offer various insights on KotlinConf' 2024...

The KotlinConfGlobal: Nairobi Challenge​

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Do you remember what we said about a challenge where the top 3 contestants would receive goodies? Guess what? It happened and do we even need to tell you how excited The Chief Senior Dishwasher was when he concluded The KotlinConfGlobal: Nairobi Challenge and awarded the winners?

The Amper Moment (Goodbye, Gradle?)​

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As if we did not have any more value to offer, we had The Chief Senior Dishwasher who wasted no efforts in ranting, sorry we mean educating the audience on Amper, which we honestly know as The Gradle Destroyer. He took the attendees through how Amper aims to improve the developer experience for Android and KMP development. Are you as patient (impatient, rather) as we are for its official release?

Until July 🫂​

It is at this point that we acknowledge our new beginnings and pledge 🤚 to have a transformative 2024. We have journeyed, are journeying, and will still journey with you. Gears are about to be shifted (Tech Bros please calm down) in your favour. If you would like to level up your career in Android, then attending the monthly meetups, building cool stuff in public, and interacting with community members should be a part of your routine. 💯 We cannot wait to hear and share your stories. See you in July! 👋

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