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IME Options on Android

· 3 min read
Konrad Rutkowski
Tech Guy & Software Engineer

Managing keyboard actions properly can significantly improve your Android app's user experience. This guide explains IME (Input Method Editor) options, their importance, and implementation in both traditional Android views and Jetpack Compose. Learn how to handle keyboard submit buttons effectively and make your forms more user-friendly.

How Micromanagement Is Slowing Down Your Organization

· 4 min read
Konrad Rutkowski
Tech Guy & Software Engineer

Micromanagement creates bottlenecks, stifles creativity, and damages employee morale. This article explores how excessive control impacts organizational efficiency, particularly for creative professionals in tech environments. Learn to identify micromanagement behaviors, understand their costly consequences, and discover practical strategies to foster autonomy and trust within your teams.

Business Comparison of Android & iOS Native, Cross-Platform, Flutter, React Native, and Maui

· 6 min read
Konrad Rutkowski
Tech Guy & Software Engineer

This comprehensive comparison evaluates mobile development approaches from a business perspective, contrasting native solutions (Android/iOS) with cross-platform frameworks (Flutter, React Native, MAUI). Native development offers superior performance and platform-specific features but requires higher investment, while cross-platform solutions provide cost efficiency and faster market entry with adequate performance for most applications. The analysis helps decision-makers select the optimal framework based on project requirements, budget constraints, and business goals, with detailed cost and feature matrices to guide strategic technology choices.

Sequences vs Collections in Kotlin

· 3 min read
Konrad Rutkowski
Tech Guy & Software Engineer

Learn the key differences between Sequences and Collections in Kotlin to optimize your code performance. This article compares their characteristics, demonstrates performance differences with practical examples, and shows when to use each approach. Collections create new instances after transformations while Sequences operate lazily, offering significant performance benefits for large data sets with multiple transformations.