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Matthew Groves

Software engineer with 15+ years of professional experience in C++, C#, Java, and Kotlin.

Location Boston, MA Joined Joined on  github website

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Digital Products NE Mobile Capability Co-Lead & Senior Software Engineer in Cambridge, MA

Matt's Tidbits #103 - Launching an app from a URL
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Matt's Tidbits #103 - Launching an app from a URL

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Matt’s Tidbits #35 - A strategy for debugging complex unit test failures

Thank you for the suggestion, Brice! In this particular ca...

Matt's Tidbits #102 - Debugging a perplexing view binding issue
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Matt's Tidbits #102 - Debugging a perplexing view binding issue

#mattstidbits #android #debugging #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #101 - How to write a good bug report
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Matt's Tidbits #101 - How to write a good bug report

#mattstidbits #android #opensource #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #100 - All About Teams
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Matt's Tidbits #100 - All About Teams

#mattstidbits #teams #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #99 - Handling null elegantly
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Matt's Tidbits #99 - Handling null elegantly

#mattstidbits #javascript #kotlin #swift
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Matt's Tidbits #98 - The truth will set you free (unless you're using JavaScript)
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Matt's Tidbits #98 - The truth will set you free (unless you're using JavaScript)

#mattstidbits #javascript #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #97 - Running/Debugging individual Jest unit tests
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Matt's Tidbits #97 - Running/Debugging individual Jest unit tests

#mattstidbits #reactnative #jest #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #96 - Cleaner Components with React Fragments
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Matt's Tidbits #96 - Cleaner Components with React Fragments

#mattstidbits #react #reactnative #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #95 - Defining constants in TypeScript
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Matt's Tidbits #95 - Defining constants in TypeScript

#mattstidbits #typescript #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #94 - Writing safe enums in TypeScript
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Matt's Tidbits #94 - Writing safe enums in TypeScript

#mattstidbits #typescript #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #93 - Getting started with React Native
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Matt's Tidbits #93 - Getting started with React Native

#mattstidbits #reactnative #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #92 - A few neat IDE tidbits
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Matt's Tidbits #92 - A few neat IDE tidbits

#mattstidbits #android #vscode #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #91 - The power of sharing
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Matt's Tidbits #91 - The power of sharing

#mattstidbits #android #rxjava #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #90 - All about dashboards (and another milestone!)
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Matt's Tidbits #90 - All about dashboards (and another milestone!)

#mattstidbits #android #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #89 - Automating focus time
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Matt's Tidbits #89 - Automating focus time

#mattstidbits #applescript #slack #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #88 - Using patches
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Matt's Tidbits #88 - Using patches

#mattstidbits #android #androidstudio #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #87 - Finding missing Android sources
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Matt's Tidbits #87 - Finding missing Android sources

#mattstidbits #android #androidstudio #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #86 - Debugging Gradle files
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Matt's Tidbits #86 - Debugging Gradle files

#mattstidbits #android #gradle #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #85 - Fixing build issues in Bitrise
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Matt's Tidbits #85 - Fixing build issues in Bitrise

#mattstidbits #bitrise #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #84 - JVM Options, explained
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Matt's Tidbits #84 - JVM Options, explained

#mattstidbits #android #jvm
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Matt's Tidbits #83 - Puzzling unit test failures
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Matt's Tidbits #83 - Puzzling unit test failures

#mattstidbits #android #testing #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #82 - An unexpected Mockito limitation
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Matt's Tidbits #82 - An unexpected Mockito limitation

#mattstidbits #android #testing #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #81 - The importance of vacation
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Matt's Tidbits #81 - The importance of vacation

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Matt's Tidbits #80 - A mind-blowing Rx revelation
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Matt's Tidbits #80 - A mind-blowing Rx revelation

#mattstidbits #android #rxjava #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #79 - RxLifecycle woes
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Matt's Tidbits #79 - RxLifecycle woes

#mattstidbits #android #rxlifecycle #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #78 - A new build view
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Matt's Tidbits #78 - A new build view

#mattstidbits #android #androidstudio #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #77 - It pays to star issues
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Matt's Tidbits #77 - It pays to star issues

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Matt's Tidbits #76 - A long-overdue feature
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Matt's Tidbits #76 - A long-overdue feature

#mattstidbits #android #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #75 - Moving tidbits!
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Matt's Tidbits #75 - Moving tidbits!

#mattstidbits #tidbittuesday #verizon
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Matt's Tidbits #74 - Resolving an interesting Kotlin <-> Java interop issue
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Matt's Tidbits #74 - Resolving an interesting Kotlin <-> Java interop issue

#mattstidbits #android #kotlin #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #73 - Deciding which Kotlin scope function to use
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Matt's Tidbits #73 - Deciding which Kotlin scope function to use

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Matt's Tidbits #72 - Migrating from RxJava 2 -> 3
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Matt's Tidbits #72 - Migrating from RxJava 2 -> 3

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Matt's Tidbits #71 - Trying to figure out what to say
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Matt's Tidbits #71 - Trying to figure out what to say

#mattstidbits #android #blacklivesmatter
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Matt's Tidbits #70 - Cleaner diffs!
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Matt's Tidbits #70 - Cleaner diffs!

#mattstidbits #kotlin #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #69 - Neat Kotlin field tricks
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Matt's Tidbits #69 - Neat Kotlin field tricks

#mattstidbits #android #kotlin #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #68 - Testing RxJava Observables
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Matt's Tidbits #68 - Testing RxJava Observables

#mattstidbits #rxjava #testing #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #67 - Some tips for working from home
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Matt's Tidbits #67 - Some tips for working from home

#mattstidbits #workingfromhome #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #66 - The magic of Kotlin's "reified" keyword
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Matt's Tidbits #66 - The magic of Kotlin's "reified" keyword

#mattstidbits #kotlin #testing #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #65 - It's time for proper support for JUnit 5
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Matt's Tidbits #65 - It's time for proper support for JUnit 5

#mattstidbits #android #testing #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #64 - Digging into some Ham...crest assertions
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Matt's Tidbits #64 - Digging into some Ham...crest assertions

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Matt's Tidbits #63 - Some good news about AGP 3.6.2
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Matt's Tidbits #63 - Some good news about AGP 3.6.2

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Matt's Tidbits #62 - When you're feeling exhausted...
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Matt's Tidbits #62 - When you're feeling exhausted...

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Matt's Tidbits #61 - Getting out of a dependency cycle
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Matt's Tidbits #61 - Getting out of a dependency cycle

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Matt's Tidbits #60 - Cleanly handling null values in Kotlin
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Matt's Tidbits #60 - Cleanly handling null values in Kotlin

#mattstidbits #android #kotlin #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #59 - Unexpected new lint failures
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Matt's Tidbits #59 - Unexpected new lint failures

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Matt's Tidbits #58 - A strange issue when upgrading to Android Studio 3.6
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Matt's Tidbits #58 - A strange issue when upgrading to Android Studio 3.6

#mattstidbits #android #gradle #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #57 - Improving RxJava stack traces
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Matt's Tidbits #57 - Improving RxJava stack traces

#mattstidbits #android #rxjava #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #56 - Be careful with @JvmOverloads
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Matt's Tidbits #56 - Be careful with @JvmOverloads

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Matt's Tidbits #55 - Strange Breakpoint behavior with Rx schedulers
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Matt's Tidbits #55 - Strange Breakpoint behavior with Rx schedulers

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Matt's Tidbits #54 - Caches, deployments, and IT - oh my!
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Matt's Tidbits #54 - Caches, deployments, and IT - oh my!

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Matt's Tidbits #53 - First year in review
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Matt's Tidbits #53 - First year in review

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Matt's Tidbits #52 - Formatting etiquette
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Matt's Tidbits #52 - Formatting etiquette

#mattstidbits #android #androidstudio #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #51 - Easy stack traces
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Matt's Tidbits #51 - Easy stack traces

#mattstidbits #android #androidstudio #debugging
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Matt's Tidbits #50 - How to (inadvertently) initialize a Kotlin val twice
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Matt's Tidbits #50 - How to (inadvertently) initialize a Kotlin val twice

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Matt's Tidbits #49 - What to do when your (Log)cat misbehaves
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Matt's Tidbits #49 - What to do when your (Log)cat misbehaves

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Matt's Tidbits #48 - Separating out search results for test code
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Matt's Tidbits #48 - Separating out search results for test code

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Matt's Tidbits #47 - Finding list items by title in Espresso
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Matt's Tidbits #47 - Finding list items by title in Espresso

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Matt's Tidbits #46 - Scratch files
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Matt's Tidbits #46 - Scratch files

#mattstidbits #android #androidstudio #tidbittuesday
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Matt's Tidbits #45 - Creating a private token class
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Matt's Tidbits #45 - Creating a private token class

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Matt's Tidbits #44 - How to take great screenshots on Android
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Matt's Tidbits #44 - How to take great screenshots on Android

#mattstidbits #android #tidbittuesday
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