Dan Kim

đź‘‹ Hi, I’m Dan! I’m a software engineer & manager by trade, but these days I’m more focused on being a dad to our kids and our dog Eugene. I hang out on Bluesky, Mastodon and Threads, and you can always reach me via email.

Posts

2 Jul 2024

Why you should federate your Threads account

30 Sep 2022

From IC to EM – A guide to stepping into the weird, wild world of management (Women Who Code Mobile 2022)

6 Apr 2021

How I do photo backups in 2021

24 Feb 2021

Writing and invariably getting shit on

16 Dec 2019

Ktor for Mobile Developers — Fear the server no more! (KotlinConf 2019)

29 Sep 2019

Calm is key — A guide to a happier, more productive workplace (DroidconNYC 2019)

24 Aug 2019

A Kotlin Journey (Kotlin Everywhere Chicago 2019)

17 Oct 2018

The future of our community is YOU! (Droidcon NYC 2018 Keynote)

16 Oct 2018

The Bezos way — sleep, puttering, and three high-quality decisions a day

4 Oct 2018

Android KTX — A Dash of Kotlin Makes All the Difference! (KotlinConf 2018)

7 Sep 2018

The future of the Android community is YOU (Chicago Roboto 2018)

10 Jan 2018

Hate your job? Happier times are within your grasp

31 Oct 2017

Getting to 100% Kotlin — A practical guide (Droidcon NYC 2017, Android Summit 2017)

8 Jul 2017

Programming languages aren’t a zero sum game

1 Jul 2017

Your struggles can inspire others

17 Jun 2017

Kotlin — It’s the little things

10 Jun 2017

Kotlin makes me a happier (better) programmer

22 Mar 2017

Can’t crack that programming problem? Go to sleep or take a walk

10 Mar 2017

Get to the point

21 Dec 2016

A few tips to avoid the never ending comment thread

3 Dec 2016

Don’t overlook the quiet voices and contributions

12 Nov 2016

A shining example of how to teach

20 Sep 2016

Your ideas are important — share them with the community

27 Aug 2016

It’s OK to be pragmatic

5 Aug 2016

Silicon Valley arrogance — “I can tell you which startups will succeed, without even knowing what they do”

30 Jul 2016

Life as an impatient programmer

2 Jul 2016

The most helpful thing you can say to a teammate — “It’s your call”

25 Jun 2016

How I became and stayed a successful programmer

18 Jun 2016

I went on vacation and a funny thing happened — I didn’t do any work

28 May 2016

Some of my favorite Kotlin features

21 May 2016

“Eat, sleep, code, repeat” is such bullshit

14 May 2016

How I fell in love with a programming language

7 May 2016

Admire someone? Write them an email, you might be surprised

2 Apr 2016

I'm a boring programmer (and proud of it)

7 Mar 2016

Writing software is easy

14 Aug 2014

I quit Facebook

7 Feb 2014

I finally figured out budgeting

29 Mar 2013

How people learn

28 Feb 2013

Change and happiness