Lyft Mobile

Join us as we talk to the folks around Lyft who make our applications possible. We talk about what they're working on, what they're learning, and what they're excited about.

Becoming Leaders with Jingwei Hao and Parul Shukla 11/18/2021

Becoming Leaders with Jingwei Hao and Parul Shukla 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 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). /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/21214565

The Golden Path with Ana Toledo 10/28/2021

The Golden Path with Ana Toledo 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/20971964

Quality Engineering with Nikola Arabadjiev 09/10/2021

Quality Engineering with Nikola Arabadjiev 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/20426831

Bazel with Brentley Jones and Keith Smiley 08/20/2021

Bazel with Brentley Jones and Keith Smiley 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/20208119

Mobile Architecture Pt 2 with Scott Berrevoets 04/01/2021

Mobile Architecture Pt 2 with Scott Berrevoets 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/18543386

Mobile Architecture Pt. 1 with Scott Berrevoets 03/11/2021

Mobile Architecture Pt. 1 with Scott Berrevoets 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! /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/18276221

Server Driven UI with Kevin Fang & Jeff Hurray 02/18/2021

Server Driven UI with Kevin Fang & Jeff Hurray 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/17999945

Fostering a testing culture with Julio Carrettoni 10/22/2020

Fostering a testing culture with Julio Carrettoni 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/16496213

Exploring App Platform Teams 08/27/2020

Exploring App Platform Teams 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! /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/15779741

Building Safety Products in a Pandemic 07/30/2020

Building Safety Products in a Pandemic 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/15391538

Bringing Lyft International 07/09/2020

Bringing Lyft International 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/15119873

Engineering for Resiliency 06/18/2020

Engineering for Resiliency 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/14868995

Long-Distance Development 05/14/2020

Long-Distance Development 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/14391740

Programming the IDE to work for you 04/02/2020

Programming the IDE to work for you 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/13811372

Maintaining Mobile-Org Unity at Scale 03/16/2020

Maintaining Mobile-Org Unity at Scale 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 /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/13569476

Agile Development 02/07/2020

Agile Development 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/13064666

On the Business Level 01/23/2020

On the Business Level VP of Engineering Peter Morelli joins us 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/12863264

Developing for Growth 12/12/2019

Developing for Growth Thomas Ezan joins us 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/12381125

From 7 up to 70 10/31/2019

From 7 up to 70 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/11863217

Building Self-Driving 10/10/2019

Building Self-Driving Ben Rhoads joins us 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. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/11593496

Leading Technically 09/19/2019

Leading Technically Matt Klein joins Adam and Ben to talk about his role leading the Envoy Proxy project. We cover what a proxy is and why a proxy is needed, how Envoy got started and where it is today, open source, and leading technically as a high level IC. Also pickles. Too many pickles. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/11317775

Android Build Tools 08/29/2019

Android Build Tools Artem joins Adam and Patrick to talk about improving the productivity of Lyft's Android developers. Topics include IntelliJ plugins, Gradle, Buck, Bazel, remote cache, remote execution, and open source. Also graffiti. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/11051780

Telematics 08/08/2019

Telematics Lou Zell joins us to talk about using raw data to make the roads safer. Topics include wrangling large data streams, pros and cons of third party libraries, and deriving meaning from data using machine learning. Also shark attacks. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/10827554

Mobile Networking 07/18/2019

Mobile Networking Michael Rebello and Alan Chiu join us to talk about consistency in API usage, contracts, code generation, and Envoy Mobile. Also human-sized pusheen dolls. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/10576736

Growing as an Android Developer 06/27/2019

Growing as an Android Developer Kateryna joins Adam and Ben to talk about receiving mentorship, UI automation, and experimentation. Also child daredevil careers. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/10315808

Refactoring 06/04/2019

Refactoring Jeff Hurray joins us to talk about refactoring, tech debt, and architectural contagion. Also the "Swarm of Drones Lux" ride mode. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/10051712

Leading Mobile Teams 05/16/2019

Leading Mobile Teams Patrick Sunday joins us to talk about how to lead a team of mobile engineers as an Engineering Manager. Topics include advice for new managers, humility, and focusing on people problems not technical problems. And the TV show Survivor. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/9811979

Vector Graphics in Mobile 04/25/2019

Vector Graphics in Mobile Alex Lockwood joins us to talk about using vector graphics in mobile development, design consistency, and the near impossible task of morphing letters into other letters. Also what animal is best qualified to pilot Alex’s body for a day. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/9535748

Working with a Counterpart 04/04/2019

Working with a Counterpart JP Simard and RJ Marsan join us to talk about working with an iOS or Android counterpart, when feature parity isn't the most important thing, and healthy competition. Also what things taste like cricket and taking tables off of your sandwiches. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/9274082

Designing for Quality 03/07/2019

Designing for Quality Linzi Berry joins us to talk about her role designing quality into Lyft's user experiences. Also fluffernutters. /episode/index/show/lyftmobilepodcast/id/8915948

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