Mike Pichai
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Mike Pichai writes about tech, technolgies, AI and work life, creating clear stories for clients in Seattle, Indianapolis, Portland, San Diego, Tampa, Austin, Los Angeles and Charlotte. He writes blogs readers can trust.
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When to Break Cross-Platform Rules and Go Fully Native
I remember the moment clearly because nothing dramatic happened. No crash. No heated argument. Just a quiet pause in the room. I was sitting at the table with two phones in front of me, the same screen open on both, tapping back and forth while the afternoon light softened outside the window. The app worked on each device. Still, my hands noticed something my mouth hadn’t said yet.
By Mike Pichai2 months ago in Journal
Why Mobile Apps Break When Business Logic Lives in the UI Layer?. AI-Generated.
The testing room smelled faintly of old coffee and warm electronics when the first strange behavior appeared. Morning light slipped through the blinds in narrow lines, landing across the table where two phones lay side by side. I sat quietly while a developer replayed the same flow again and again. Sometimes the screen advanced exactly as expected. Sometimes it hesitated. Sometimes a button stayed disabled for no clear reason.
By Mike Pichai2 months ago in Journal
How I Built Cache Migration Logic Without Losing What Users Remembered?. AI-Generated.
The airport café felt colder than it should have that night. Runway lights kept sliding across the glass panels, soft and rhythmic, as if the world outside was moving slower than everything inside my head. Someone behind the counter rearranged pastries no one seemed interested in buying. I sat with my laptop open, scrolling through cache entries that belonged to an app that had lost user data after an update.
By Mike Pichai3 months ago in Journal
