Thoughts on engineering, fintech, and building things.
Welcome to my new site. After years of blogging on w3bshark.com, I've moved to tylermccraw.com.
Announcing a move to a new role as the sole Android developer at Extend, a NYC-based fintech startup, and the start of a remote work journey.
Practical advice for developers on how to reclaim productive coding time by preparing for, owning, and reducing unnecessary meetings.
A step-by-step guide to decompiling an Android APK using Apktool, dex2jar, and JD-GUI to extract resources and Java source code.
Practical tips and gotchas for working with Android's TextInputLayout API, including error handling, styling, and the undocumented TextInputEditText.
A look at why Android's openness, fast deployment, and developer-friendly ecosystem make it the ideal mobile platform for getting things done.
A short hello-world introduction to kick off the blog.