Stoyan Minchev

Almost 20 years of experience, mostly, but not limited to Java. I started from JDK 1.5 ;) Certified GoLang, and Scala developer, even though I don't remember much. Working as contractor, mostly

Joined on Mar 21, 2026 developer@howareu.app

Stoyan Minchev

Apr 29

Honor watched my Android app come back from the dead — and revoked the battery exemption that let it

#android #kotlin #programming #debugging

10 min read

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Stoyan Minchev

Apr 22

I pushed my Android app to production. Then Android and the OEMs spent two weeks tearing it apart.

#android #kotlin #programming #sideprojects

10 min read

Stoyan Minchev

Apr 12

A single Kotlin lambda silently broke my app for 21 hours - and I only found the bug because I crossed a border

#android #kotlin #programming #debug

5 min read

Stoyan Minchev

Mar 29

I built a 126K-line Android app with AI — here is the workflow that actually worked for me

#ai #productivity #programming #devops

7 min read

Stoyan Minchev

Mar 23

What Android OEMs do to background apps, and the 11 layers I built to survive it

#android #kontlin #sideprojects #architecture

10 min read

Stoyan Minchev

Mar 21

I spent several months building an AI safety app for my elderly parent — here is what I learned

#ai #sideprojects #android #kotlin

4 min read

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Honor watched my Android app come back from the dead — and revoked the battery exemption that let it

Want to connect with Stoyan Minchev?

I pushed my Android app to production. Then Android and the OEMs spent two weeks tearing it apart.

A single Kotlin lambda silently broke my app for 21 hours - and I only found the bug because I crossed a border

I built a 126K-line Android app with AI — here is the workflow that actually worked for me

What Android OEMs do to background apps, and the 11 layers I built to survive it

I spent several months building an AI safety app for my elderly parent — here is what I learned