Stories From the Trenches: Software Engineering Interviews

We're back! And we're off the cuff.Luke visited me in NYC and we recorded an off the cuff in person episode. It's like we never left!Topics:- React Native vs Flutter pros and cons- Is Flutter cooked?- New York homeless and Hot Pot- Rivers CuomoLink outs:ZenRouterhttps://www.youtube.com/@MarcusNg

Hey all! Sorry for the long gap between episodes. This is a quick update letting you know what Luke and I are planning for the pod. Here's the TLDR: We're taking a long break while I move out to New York and take a Senior Flutter Engineer position with Betterment, but we'll be back next month. We're going to be coming back in the same feed (so stay subscribed!) but with a rebrand and production value (better audio quality and more!)

Luke challenged himself to build an app for his young nieces over a family reunion. Hear about what he built and how it was so addicting his extended family dubbed it "Luke's Crack App"! https://kidmoji.app/ https://x.com/luke_pighetti https://x.com/caseycrogers

This episode is a Luke update where he talks about the Flutter WASM based PWAs (Progressive Web App) he's been building to "vibe check" ideas that come to him and the new ultra-lightweight analytics service he built (and has now published)! Check out the projects mentioned: https://struggleswitch.com/ https://unfck.app/ https://lukehog.com/

Luke and I talk to Mike Jones (AKA CodingMarine) about his set of outdoors focused Flutter apps! https://dontforgetthespoon.com/ https://www.dontforgettheweather.com/ https://twitter.com/codingMarine

Luke walks through his methodology for analyzing successful consumer apps and applies to the viral multi-million ARR "Umax" looks maxing app! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/umax-become-hot/id6471026798 https://www.hf0.com/ https://twitter.com/caseycrogers https://twitter.com/luke_pighetti/

We interviewed Matan Lurey-and Engineer working on Impeller on the Flutter team! We talked to him about the decisions and underlying mechanics driving Flutter, the current state of Flutter shader development, what makes Flutter feel more or less "native", and more! Links: https://x.com/MatanLurey https://x.com/algebrandon (Flutter 3D shader demos) https://docs.flutter.dev/ui/design/graphics/fragment-shaders

On today's episode, we bring on Sebastian and talk about his indie journey from new grad to six figure ARR with HabitKit! Links: https://x.com/SebastianRoehl https://www.habitkit.app/

Luke and Casey discuss The Dart/Flutter package ecosystem and Flutter's seeming lack of top down leadership or publicly communicated vision. Flutter Packages: https://pub.dev/packages/hotspot https://pub.dev/packages/salomon_bottom_bar https://pub.dev/packages/flutter_gutter Kevmoo's Pure Drat Listenable/ValueNotifier initiative: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/149466

Casey and Luke swap their software engineering interview stories! https://x.com/luke_pighetti https://x.com/caseycrogers