Lyft Mobile

Some familiar voices on the podcast this week, as host Amanda Chaudhary talks with guests Parul Shukla and Jingwei Hao about what they're working on, challenges they face, and their growth. They also talk about how to be strong leaders, good allies and what they would change in our industry if given the chance (or a magic wand).   

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Email your questions for Lyft Mobile Engineers to mobilepodcast@lyft.com. If you're interested in working with us, check out lyft.com/careers

• Amanda on Twitter 
• Parul on LinkedIn
• Jingwei on Twitter

Hosts RJ and Julio sit down with Ana to learn about the work she and her team are working on, what it's been like to onboard from Mexico City, and her career transition into programming, and the flexibility she likes about Android.

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Email your questions for Lyft Mobile Engineers to mobilepodcast@lyft.com. If you're interested in working with us, check out lyft.com/careers

• RJ on Instagram
• Julio on Twitter
• Ana on LinkedIn

This week, hosts RJ and Parul are joined by Quality Engineer Nik Arabadjiev to talk through QA processes at Lyft and how we've gotten better at things over time. Plus, Nik's description of the Bulgarian dish banitsa is going to make it the new sourdough. 

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Show Notes

Email your questions for Lyft Mobile Engineers to mobilepodcast@lyft.com. If you're interested in working with us, check out lyft.com/careers

• RJ on Instagram
• Parul on LinkedIn
• Nik on LinkedIn

Aaaand we're back! On this episode, Adam, Ben, Brentley, and Keith get in the weeds on Bazel, and debate the market value of super powers, and we continue to battle with microphones while we record remotely.

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Email your questions for Lyft Mobile Engineers to mobilepodcast@lyft.com. If you're interested in working with us, check out lyft.com/careers

• Adam on Twitter
• Ben on Twitter
• Keith on Twitter
• Brentley on Twitter

We pick up where we left off in Part 1, discussing Lyft's mobile architecture, and our Flows and Plugins system. Join Adam, Amanda and Scott as they dive deep into the technical in this week's episode.  

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Show Notes

Email your questions for Lyft Mobile Engineers to mobilepodcast@lyft.com. If you're interested in working with us, check out lyft.com/careers

• Adam on Twitter
• Amanda on Twitter
• Scott on Twitter 

Hosts Adam and Amanda dive into the history of ambitious mobile architecture projects through the last few years, and the rewards we’re reaping from those efforts now. Also, the team is kind of excited about React, and very excited about powdered donuts. We’ll be back with Part 2 in 3 weeks!

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Show Notes

Email your questions for Lyft Mobile Engineers to mobilepodcast@lyft.com. If you're interested in working with us, check out lyft.com/careers

• Adam on Twitter
• Amanda on Twitter
• Scott on Twitter 

The first episode of 2021! Join Kevin Fang and Jeff Hurray as they describe the decision, benefits and challenges behind Server Driven UI work. Also: some controversy about laundry. 

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Lyft Mobile Podcast - 29 - Server Driven UI with Kevin Fang & Jeff Hurray

Show Notes

Email your questions for Lyft Mobile Engineers to mobilepodcast@lyft.com

• Adam on Twitter
• Jeff on Twitter
• Kevin on LinkedIn
• Polly on LinkedIn

Join Julio Carrettoni as he describes his full-circle journey around learning about testing at Lyft. Julio talks with Adam and Ben about a new face mask verification feature, how Lyft weaves testing into the developer workflow... With sometimes varying success. 

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Lyft Mobile Podcast - 27 - Fostering a testing culture with Julio Carrettoni

Show Notes

Email your questions for Lyft Mobile Engineers to mobilepodcast@lyft.com

• Adam on Twitter
• Ben on Twitter
• Julio on Twitter

Join Yvonne Wong and Ryan Tempas as they discuss the creation of our Consumer and Driver App Platform teams. We talk through what a 'Platform' means at Lyft, what teams are working on, and how we approach parity between iOS and Android. Yvonne and Ryan share their offline productivity hacks! 

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Lyft Mobile Podcast - 26 - Exploring App Platform Teams with Yvonne Wong and Ryan Tempas

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Email your questions for Lyft Mobile Engineers to mobilepodcast@lyft.com

Link to Amanda's previous episode about our Mobile Tech Lead program. 

• Adam on Twitter
• Amanda on Twitter
• Yvonne on LinkedIn
• Ryan on LinkedIn

Join Corey Zanotti and James Paolantonio as they walk through the recent health and safety product features we’ve implemented to make our platform safer for our users: tight deadlines, all-hands-on-deck situations, remote collaboration, and optimal use of existing infrastructure. Also Dance Dance Revolution.

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Lyft Mobile Podcast - 25 - Building Safety Products in a Pandemic with Corey Zanotti & James Paolantonio

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We have an upcoming Q&A episode, and we would like to hear from you! Email us your questions at: mobilepodcast@lyft.com

We had another shoutout for the Pomodoro technique so you should probably check it out. You can find our hosts and guests here:

• Adam on Twitter
• RJ on Instagram
• Corey on Twitter
• James on Twitter

Kris Gellci joins Adam and Polly to discuss how we approached translating and localizing our apps, allowing Lyft to expand into new regions and provide better user experiences. We talk about Thomas Edison and creative problem solving. Also baby length.

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Lyft Mobile Podcast - 24 - Bringing Lyft International with Kris Gellci

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We want to hear from you! What questions do you have for the mobile developers at Lyft? Share them with us, and listen for the answer in an upcoming episode!

If you want to effectively prioritize your time like Kris, here's some info: Pomodoro technique (and the app Adam suggests: Effortless App)

• Adam on Twitter
• Polly on Twitter
• Kris on Twitter

Miguel Ángel Juárez López joins Adam and Ben to discuss Lyft's creative and committed approach to making our client apps resilient. We learn about Miguel's experience being a developer and people manager at the same time, and how to not get lost in the woods.

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Lyft Mobile Podcast - 23 - Engineering for Resiliency with Miguel Ángel Juárez López

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We want to hear from you! What questions do you have for the mobile developers at Lyft? Share them with us, and listen for the answer in an upcoming episode!

Here's the one app Miguel can't live without. Here's where you can learn more about the thundering herd problem or chaos engineering

• Adam on Twitter
• Ben on Twitter
• Miguel on Twitter

Tim Johnson joins Artem and Amanda to discuss how he has coped with working with teams in different timezones, his strategies for staying connected while remote, and a theoretical conversation about using Slack in space. 

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Lyft Mobile Podcast - 22 - Long-Distance Development with Tim Johnson

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We want to hear from you! What questions do you have for the mobile developers at Lyft? Share them with us, and listen for the answer in an upcoming episode!

• Artem on Twitter
• Amanda on Twitter
• Tim on LinkedIn
• Tim on Instagram

Vladimir Tagakov joins Artem and RJ to get into the Android weeds on IDE, Dagger migrations, beating tech debt. Plus a bit of talk on unambitious time travel. 

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Lyft Mobile Podcast - 21 - Programming the IDE to work for you with Vladimir Tagakov

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• Vlad on Telegram
• RJ on Instagram
• Artem on Twitter

Amanda Chaudhary joins Artem and Ben to talk through the efforts to keep the Lyft mobile org engaged and scaling effectively, and about Amanda's passion for music and technology.

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Lyft Mobile Podcast - 20 - Maintaining Mobile Org Unity at Scale with Amanda Chaudhary

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• Amanda Chaudhary on Twitter
• Polly on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter

Xinran Wang joins Adam and Polly to talk about agile software development practices. Grooming, estimating using story points, and working cross-functionally. Also, whether it's safe to change size like Ant Man.

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Lyft Mobile Podcast - 19 - Agile Development with Xinran Wang

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• Notion app (which Xinran stopped using in favor of a Google Doc)
• Xinran Wang on Twitter
• Polly on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter

VP of Engineering Peter Morelli joins Adam and Sam to talk about how to grow a company, the optimal attributes in an engineer, and the value of being a polyglot. Also, not leaving meat out on the counter.

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Lyft Mobile Podcast - 18 - On the Business Level with Peter Morelli

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• "Effortless - Do one thing at a time" Productivity App for macOS
• Peter Morelli on Twitter
• Sam on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter

Thomas Ezan joins Adam and Ben to talk about the difference between creating features for the long-term vs. creating features to test new ideas. Other topics: how communication changes as your team grows, experimentation, and public speaking. Also: which apps can be deleted from your phone.

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Lyft Mobile Podcast - 17 - Developing for Growth

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• Alfred - Productivity App for macOS
• Thomas on Twitter
• Ben on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter

Chris Selin joins Adam and Polly to talk about what it was like as Lyft's team grew from 7 mobile developers up to 70. Topics include hackathons, managing long-running iOS feature development, xib vs. programmatic layout, and sustainability. Also, Chris's plans to time-travel possess Neil Armstrong for the week on the moon landing.

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From 7 up to 70 with Chris Selin

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• Paul Haken's Drown Down on Amazon
• Polly on LinkedIn
• Chris on LinkedIn
• Adam on Twitter

Ben Rhoads joins Adam and Artem to talk about what goes into building Self-driving vehicles. What special requirements mobile software has to take into account when building for Self-driving, the core components of an AV, and what the mechanical engineering development cycle is like. Also, robotic measuring arms.

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Building Self-Driving with Ben Rhoads

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• Faro Arm
• Spectacle for Mac
• Artem on Twitter
• Adam on Twitter