14/04/2021 - coding for android

• interning as a startup
• android studio and gradle sucks
• i hate testing out my react-native code. testing out code for reactjs was a breeze
• emulator is really slow
• in a professional context, having to deal with git which is painful to use
• it was really dumb i am still copying my code to a alternate file as a backup plan
• google is your best friend, humans aren't able help you much if the answer is not short, which it often isnt you have to tutor and watch videos yourself
• boss who seems to chase after features
• tbh, the target group is not defined, content is not defined
•  i am analysing this is a niche social app so it needs niche content, 
• even instagram offers something different to facebook right
• it might be easier to just copy features from the most popular apps
•  heck, even youtube sports tiktok rip offs these days
• learning wise, mobile is a terrible place to start for newbies
•  it is better to start off in vanilla js and then react. 
• only once you have learnt all, then refactor the code to react-native
• that said, react-native is actually pretty nice in terms of developer experience, i am not sure about the performance