Blogs

2026

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   Dissecting Expanded Dark Theme with Claude Science and AOSP

   Published on Medium through ProAndroidDev* , Jul 2026

   Summary Website

   A dissection of Android 16’s Expanded Dark Theme, which force-darkens apps that lack a native dark mode. Traces the feature through AOSP to HWUI’s makeDark() algorithm, which flips lightness in CIELAB color space, and tests fourteen interface patterns to show where automatic darkening holds up against a hand-built Material 3 dark theme and where it breaks down on saturated, mid-toned colors.

2. 

   Exit This Side

   Published on Substack , May 2026

   Summary Website

   A subway rider asks why the MTA’s new R211 trains display "Exit This Side" signs but never announce it aloud, a small case study in how transit systems fail to make the same information accessible to everyone.

2025

1. 

   Coffee, Code, and Coroutines: Making Android Apps Responsive

   Published on Medium through ProAndroidDev* , Jun 2025

   Summary Website

   A refresher on Android threading and coroutines that uses a coffee shop analogy (the UI thread as the cashier) to explain how to keep apps smooth and responsive while heavy work happens off the main thread.