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Mobile App Developer | Flutter, Dart | Building @BucketizeApp , @AddyManager

Nashville, TN

https://t.co/kpBYfSJ9tX

Joined April 2012

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@KhalidWarsa

Khalid Warsame

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Truck driver to Software developer. In 2020, after driving semi-trucks across America for 5 years, I decided it was time for a career change. I was 26 at the time, about to become a father, and, quite frankly, the trucking life caught up to me. Here's my story:

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@JoJoesArt @whoabihhtz Woah that’s beautiful!

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@luke_pighetti He’s in for some serious pain

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@DorianDevelops I use it daily. It’s perfect autocomplete tool.

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Junior Flutter developers, Don't waste your time with Clean Architecture. It's complex, difficult to learn, and has low demand in the Flutter job market. Instead, get started with BloC and/or Riverpod. They're relatively simple, popular, and in demand.

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What's the best Flutter course? I get this question several times a day. So, here's it: @vandadnp 's 37-hour free course on YouTube.

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Just got my first programming book.

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@endphrame @Carnage4Life Regardless of how you feel about it, this is a work of art.

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Wtf @Ford is hiring flutter devs? This is insane!

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Testing in Flutter isn't as difficult as you think. If you're an absolute beginner who has never written any tests before, this thread is for you. You'll be unit testing your code by the end of it.

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@SergioRocks Never heard of that, but maybe smoke while coding?

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. @MKBHD ‘s new app is built with Flutter.

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And now - I'm so pumped to be launching this app! People have asked where I get wallpapers FOREVER, so this is the answer, now and forever: PANELS! @panels_art Available on iOS or Android

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Shout out to @woltapp for their amazing WoltModalSheet package. It’s exactly what I needed. Buttery smooth too. I reworked the most complex, important part of my app and I’m so proud of the result.

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I picked up a project I haven’t touched in months, and let me tell you, I have no idea what I am looking at.

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When I said mobile development needs some drama, I didn’t mean this brain rot nonsense.

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Here's how I got my first Flutter job: 1. Learned basics of Flutter and Dart. 2. Built AddyManager, a free open source app. 3. Published it to app stores. 4. Put it on my resume. 5. Applied for jobs. 6. Got lucky. 7. Landed a job. This is how many others did it as well.

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@MostlyPeacefull I tell my wife “don’t tell me what to get, just text me”. Best move ever.

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@opinonhaver This is the embodiment of the human spirit.

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I got this fine prospect from TikTok. “Clone UpWork’s app, add few things, budget is $2k, and you can get all of that done in how many hours?”

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@Carnage4Life You can’t even die in peace nowadays. SMH.

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I had so many amazing app ideas when I was learning Flutter. I disqualified them one by one. Now, I have all the skills necessary to build an amazing app but no idea worth pursuing. What a twist.

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I’m really disappointed with the lack of drama from mobile devs. You guys suck!

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It’s a girl. Due date is April 2023.

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Manal is here 🥳🎉🥳 Wife and baby are healthy and doing well.

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It’s a girl. Due date is April 2023.

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The worst part of being a cross platform mobile app dev is dealing with the worst parts of dev tooling for both platforms. In other words, gradle and Xcode.

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@dxp7 @archillect That’s impressive photoshop work.

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Anyway, that's all for today. Follow me ( @KhalidWarsa ) if you're interested in learning how to code and Flutter content. I also make videos on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Check them out:

Khalid Warsame - Link In Bio

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2 years

"Flutter container border" is my most searched code. No matter how many times I "got it", I always end up having to look it up.

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1 year

@unusual_whales Working from home is an all around W.

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Your average Flutter GDE vs. @luke_pighetti

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My learn-to-code plan: - Learn the basics of Dart and Flutter. - Build a capstone project. - Publish it to both app stores. - Put together a resume. - Apply and interview for jobs. - Get a job as a Flutter developer.

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Here's how I got my first Flutter job: 1. Learned basics of Flutter and Dart. 2. Built AddyManager, a free open source app. 3. Published it to app stores. 4. Put it on my resume. 5. Applied for jobs. 6. Got lucky. 7. Landed a job. This is how many others did it as well.

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If you want to work at Big Tech, learn native app development. Flutter ain't it.

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@TaraViswanathan This isn’t negotiation. She gave up her leverage, basically accepted their terms, and was ready to move forward.

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I studied coding for 8 to 16 hours a day for months with no days off. I became obsessed with coding. Six months went by; I learned a lot and thought I was job-ready, so I started applying. Every application was either rejected or ghosted.

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My game plan (oversimplified): - Set a 2-year deadline to break into tech. - Sell the truck and return the trailer. - Keep authority and business active. - Keep my CDL as a backup. - Learn to code. - Get a job as a software developer. Simple and straightforward.

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In Flutter, I stay away from creating custom UI components as much as I can. 1. It takes time and effort to create and maintain these components. 2. They look horrible. Instead, I stick to whatever is in Material and Cupertino.

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Telling my boss "I quit" wasn't an option because I was the boss. I owned and operated my own trucking company. Get out of trucking and into software development, but keep Commercial Driver's License (CDL) as backup. What if I failed? Go back to driving trucks.

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. @Lowes is hiring senior Flutter developer, and you thought Flutter was dead?

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Almost every Flutter developer I know uses the iOS simulator. Is Android that bad?

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Just found out @androidstudio got a design refresh. It’s cleaner, sleeker, and looks 10x better than the old one. Love it!

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You can’t scroll Flutter apps vertically or horizontally when using the iPhone Mirroring app on MacOS. @FlutterDev @luke_pighetti @SuprDeclarative @TahaTesser have you guys encountered this?

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@Pirat_Nation And some still think git isn’t that important to learn

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From the get-go, I knew I wanted to build mobile apps. So, I started with Android. Two weeks in, I saw several experienced developers speak highly of Flutter, which I tried, loved, and never looked back.

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I built this beautiful onboarding flow with 250 lines of code using Enhanced Enum and flutter_onboarding_slider package.

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I’m getting a lot of "we’re looking for a senior Flutter developer" on different platforms, but my question is: Why is everyone looking for senior developers? Do we even have enough senior Flutter developers out there? What happened to training juniors, mid-levels? Why is

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@WhatLayoff @Cloudflare It is never a good idea to trash talk previous employers whether online or in interviews. Some people are learning that the hard way.

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iOS is easier to build apps for than Android. Your code and its dependencies just work as expected. On the first try most of the time. Android needs special support and workarounds to get “basic” functionalities to work. There’s always something wrong with Android.

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@PropaneFitness First one that came to mind

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I’m building my next app with @supabase , seriously.

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Most Riverpod bugs I fix come from developers using ref watch instead of ref read.

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@ThePrimeagen Too early for this kind of violence sir.

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It took me 18 months and 300 applications to get my first developer job. That's the truth, and I won't sugarcoat it. It isn't easy, and I won't tell you otherwise, but it's worth it in the end.

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Not all startups are built the same. Flutter is predominantly used by startups for its fast development lifecycle. With 1-2 developers working on a single codebase, you can build an MVP app in a couple of weeks. Here's what I learned working at 2 different startups:

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Am I the only one glad the days of this horrible thing is behind us?

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Flutter devs, I need your help: What’s the most reliable way to handle connectivity in an app where users frequently switch between WiFi, data, and airplane mode? FYI, we have offline mode but checking for WiFi connection is important.

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Ever since I joined the workforce in 2012 at the age of 19, I have always prioritized progressing, leveling up, and earning more over everything else. At 20 (2014), I dropped out of college because getting a degree and a 40-year career terrified me. As soon as I turned 21, I

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Truck driver to Software developer. In 2020, after driving semi-trucks across America for 5 years, I decided it was time for a career change. I was 26 at the time, about to become a father, and, quite frankly, the trucking life caught up to me. Here's my story:

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Riverpod is confusing at times. StreamNotifer StreamNotifierProvider FamilyStreamNotifier StreamNotifierProvider .family AutoDisposeFamilyStreamNotifier StreamNotifierProvider .family.autoDispose

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@thomasjeans @naval Not a resource

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@BRICSinfo Everyone is hating on Discord today. Definitely deserved with such horrible UI.

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@lporiginalg

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Mobile app development is simpler and more straightforward than web development. We don't have a new xxxJS framework dropping every other day.

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I kept trying until a startup onboarded me to build and maintain their MVP app. This was my "Persuit of Happyness" moment because: 1. It proved that "learn to code and break into tech" works. 2. Now, I have real "work experience" on my resume instead of side projects.

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I saw some software engineers overcomplicate simple code for the sake of making it "clean code." That's all.

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@zachsilberberg RIP OP and soon Zach.

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Am I the only one who fires up an older project I worked on to check how a piece of code is written? I do it when I'm working on Flutter's PopupMenu.

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I just found out dart-define-from-file has been removed and is no longer available on 3.19+ How come a breaking change of this magnitude isn’t publicized? Wtf @FlutterDev ?

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@chinesegon He makes enough to get a passport and enjoy life. That's all I'm gonna say.

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I can’t believe people are arguing over @levelsio ’s approach to building and shipping products. I thought his success and insane MRR was proof enough. Listen up, Big Software cult members, users only care about and are willing to pay for solutions to their problems.

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@TikTokInvestors The corporate culture and its hierarchy messed up a lot of people. This dude can’t fathom the meaning of OWNER. I guess because it doesn’t start with a C.

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Uploading... to the App Store 👀

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Don't you feel lonely working from home? Not at all, because I have a pregnant wife and a 3-year-old son, and my mother and 6 siblings live within a 10-mile radius. I don't need a corporate happy hour to feel fulfilled.

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There are 2 types of tech twitter: @t3dotgg and @dhh . And then there is @ken_wheeler .

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For another year, all I did was learn, apply, interview, and get rejected. At this point, I've been coding for 18 months but no job yet. This was the most stressful, depressing part of my life in the last 2 years.

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@V4saTV @OrwellNGoode Based. Who is he?

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In BloC’s defense, I really like how there’s only one way to write code. You can immediately understand a code you wrote a year ago. So can anyone else. Verbose but well structured. No deviations or “my unique” style. Just do this way and it’s gonna work.

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I got back to working on an old project that uses BloC (v7.0.1) and, Good Lord, this thing is verbose. Lots of classes, Type declarations, and files to get things going. I just spent 2 hours trying to understand Formz and how to upgrade from 0.4.0 to the latest.

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We don’t appreciate how rarely Flutter apps crash. The only time I saw a crash in the last year was when I forgot to add a permission that I tried to access.

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I’m staying with Riverpod.

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"My code isn't good enough for Github." It doesn't have to because: 1. No one is looking at your code. Those who can't code think you're smart, and those who can code know you're a beginner who is still learning. Experienced devs are actually cheering for you. I know I am.

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I'm seeing an increased demand for Flutter developers. In addition to demand from startups, several large corporations are now hiring experienced Flutter developers, while others are test driving Flutter as a viable solution. Good times ahead.

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What if Google abandoned Flutter? This was a serious question at the start of my self-taught journey. Aftera ll, Google is known for dropping projects. Doubt and fear were strong. So much so that I thought about learning native Android dev instead. I'm glad I didn't give in

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My app ( @BucketizeApp ) is now live on both app stores! Bucketize is a bucket list app that help you easily create, organize, and manage your bucket lists. App Store: Play Store: (Appreciate your feedback)

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It wasn't all sunshine and rainbows, but it was uphill from here. I used them as professional references when applying and interviewing for jobs. Even though job offers didn't come rolling in, recruiter messages and interview requests did. The rest is history.

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This is the resume that got me my first job as a self taught developer. Work history was basically a summary of my trucking experience. Then, I added 5 side projects. Two of them were functional, and the rest were UI demos. It's horrible, but I'm glad they gave me a chance.

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She is finally walking.

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I started writing on Twitter in March 2022, when I had 320 followers. I had the chance to get to know and network with lots of amazing people from different corners of the world. Thank you!

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@FitFounder It’s also humiliating.

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Forcing “diversity” quotas in movies, media, and the workplace is a horrible idea. Imagine getting hired based on your skin color not your skill. “We’re very diverse. That’s our black guy.” I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near that. It’s humiliating.

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I was wrong. With less than 500 lines of code, I turned a Flutter mobile app into a MacOS app. Shout out to @GroovinChip and his amazing macos_ui package! The mind-blowing part is all MacOS UI is handled by a single StatefulWidget. Impressive!

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Flutter desktop isn't suitable for large apps yet. It works well for simple ones that don't depend on many external plugins or packages. That's not the case for my app, AddyManager. My current problem is handling plugins that don't support MacOS.

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Do developers code for 8 hours a day? No, we don’t, because we have meetings to attend, PRs to review, and lots of documentation to read. On average, developers code for 3 to 6 hours a day. Some days, we don’t code at all. What do you, developers, think of this?

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I'm against black Ariel for the same reason I'm against a white Black Panther, a black Capt. America, and a black James Bond. Race swapping an established character for the sake of "diversity" and "representation" is cheap. Wanna present a strong black char? Create a new one.

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We made an expensive mistake building a SaaS. $0 MRR $8,017 Tax Bill

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Listing your app on app stores is now a multi-week process thanks to the insane amount of forms you have to fill out. -Pixel perfect screenshot sizing -App encryption documentation -App Store regulations and permits -Age rating -Tax category -App privacy forms … etc.

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I can’t think of a time I refused to download an app because of its size. Do you? I’m trying to understand the obsession on smaller bundle sizes.

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Some people really believe their ideas are worth something.

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Two years ago today, I started my current day job and I love it. It pays well, fully remote, and I get to work with amazing folks. Life is good , God is great.

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Did you learn Dart before learning Flutter? No, because Angela Yu's course was so well structured that Dart and Flutter didn't feel that different. Any good course should do that.

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Reddit rando: flutter was a mistake. US:

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@fuckyouiquit I’m with Starbucks here. Employees aren’t entitled to the company’s profits, and shouldn’t expect handouts because their employer made so much money. You think you’re worth more? Get a better paying job. You don’t agree with Starbuck’s decisions? Don’t buy their coffee.

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Secure your online accounts today! @Yubico keys are game changers. They're EASY to set up and far superior to other 2FA solutions. Let's take a look:

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