Vivek Chanddru (@Vivek_Chanddru) profile picture

Android Developer and Fanboy at @amazon. Loves to write and talk about android. Organizer of @droidconIN

Seattle, Washington
Joined October 2012
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🚨 The Agenda is LIVE! 🚨 Honored to be on the droidcon India 2025 Program Committee! The talks we selected are 🔥. Time to plan your deep dives! ➡️Agenda: india.droidcon.com/ I have DISCOUNT CODES for Android Pros! DM/comment below! #AndroidDev #droidconIN #Bengaluru
It’s here! The #dcin25 agenda is LIVE & speakers are locked in 🚨 Get ready for two days of cutting-edge #Android content — from #JetpackCompose & #AI-powered tools to performance, architecture, & stories from #India’s top Android minds! View it here: india.droidcon.com/agenda
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LAST DAY TO SUBMIT! Get from behind the laptop to centre stage 🚨🇮🇳 If you're building, scaling, or experimenting in #Android—you have something worth sharing. 📣 Submit your talk & inspire #India’s next generation of #AndroidDevs → sessionize.com/droidcon-indi…
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Back in 2019, I along with a few other interested folks wanted to make droidcon India a thing. It was a great success but we couldn't do it again the next year. I'm Excited to be part of droidcon India once again! CFP is open and tickets selling fast! Hurry up! #droidconIndia25
India’s #Android community deserves its spotlight—& this is it. Whether you're a junior #MobileDev or leading an #engineering org, you’ll find your tribe at #dcin25.💡 60+ sessions. 🧠 Expert panels. 🤝 Peer-led roundtable discussions. Don't miss out: india.droidcon.com/
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What's going on with the cut scenes in #GoogleIO2021 ? Too many white dressed people going about doing chores 😂
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Just noticed that #droidconAPAC is offering "Free Tickets" in addition to "Pay what you can" tickets! Shows how truly committed @droidcon is towards the community! So glad to be part of the program committee bringing the best sessions to you this year! #AndroidDev
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If speaking isn't your thing, then you can always register as an attendee. A pay what you want ticket is available! Go register now, we know you're not doing anything else on Dec 14th anyway 🤷‍♂️ Register here: online.droidcon.com/apac-202…
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You should be attending this!
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If speaking isn't your thing, then you can always register as an attendee. A pay what you want ticket is available! Go register now, we know you're not doing anything else on Dec 14th anyway 🤷‍♂️ Register here: online.droidcon.com/apac-202…
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"minSdk 14 was never a thing for iOS devs" Ahh the pains we had too endure 😓😥
iPhones, Pixels and lazy Android developers 😇 blog.jkl.gg/iphones-pixels-l…
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That should have been "to endure" 🤦‍♂️Got too much carried away reminiscing, I guess.
Organizing @droidconIN was a big commitment. Our main goal was "We are not in it to make a profit. Let's try and raise as much as we can to cover the event cost". It was a wonder we ended up with a surplus which can be used for #droidconIN2021
We organized @droidconIN last year and were able to make a profit on our first event ever. Here's how the sponsorship bit of the event looks like. A thread 🧵
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I remember spending sleepless nights thinking about the loss we would suffer - up until a week before the event when we signed our last sponsor.
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Countless calls with @AdnanM0123 and @subhankar_rj but never once we thought about compromising our values - we wanted sponsors who would fit with the audience and would provide value to them.
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So true! 💯
Quickest way to burn out? Being in a job you deeply care about but had no autonomy to bring about change.
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I often say to my daughter what she is going to do anyway just so it looks like she is hearing and obeying me 😅 #ParentLife
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Vivek Chanddru retweeted
Advice I would give my younger self on how to be better in the tech industry. 🧵 below 👇
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And now people are going to ask, "Do you have something similar to Home Screen Widgets on Android?" 🤦‍♂️
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Vivek Chanddru retweeted
Know the difference.
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Today, on one of the projects I'm working on (which is still 100% Java), I saw "consider rewriting apps with #Flutter" as one of possible future works. Where is this world heading?! #AndroidDev
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Why should this @awscloud console have to be so hard to understand and navigate around!! Spent an entire day setting up something on an EC2 instance.
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I am amazed by how many people are still referring to this 4-year-old article I wrote about #WebRTC for #AndroidDev. An updated post in that series is coming out soon! Learn to develop a Multi-Party Video Call Android app with WebRTC!
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droidcon India 2020 is rescheduled because of #Covid_19 and we hope to be back in early 2021! I take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported us in organizing the event. I'm pretty sure we will be back with an exciting event. Stay safe! #DCIN20
1/4 With a sense of deep sadness, we have decided to cancel droidcon India 2020 and reschedule it for early 2021 due to COVID-19. We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused and hope to see you again in 2021. More details: droidcon.co.in/
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