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5/11/2026
Spent the last few months building a walking tracker app for Android

Spent the last few months building a walking tracker app for Android

Short summary

WalkLog is an open-source Android walking tracker built with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and modern libraries, demonstrating clean architecture through modular design. Separating data, domain, and presentation layers proved critical for managing state complexity as features grew. Key challenges included widget synchronization and background update timing; testing and performance optimization remain planned.

  • Open-source Android app built with Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and modular architecture
  • Key insight: separating data, domain, and presentation layers essential as project complexity scales
  • Real challenges addressed include widget state synchronization and background update timing

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