Portfolio
Became a Google Developer Expert (GDE) for Android
Inspired by my fellow #RoadToGDE participant Akanksha Singh, here is my journey to becoming a Google Developers Experts as part of the amazing #RoadToGDE program with my mentor 🤖 Filip Babić. This ...
Today I was a guest speaker at the Android Dev Discussion Twitter space hosted by GDE Madona Syombua & Matt Mckenna on how I became a contributor to the Google Developers Dev Library and what the l...
My talk was accepted at Droidcon Lisbon 🎉🙌🏻
Spoke at GDG Berlin Android https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-berlin-android-presents-berlindroid-android-developer-meetup-march-2022/
Spoke at GDG Berlin https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-berlin-presents-remote-gdg-berlin-2022-march-meetup/
Spoke at GDG Osijek, Norway https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-osijek-presents-xml-to-compose-my-journey-of-transforming-a-large-app-to-jetpack-compose/
Out of 1500 applicants from around the world, I have been selected as one of 70 mentees as part of the Road to GDE program #GoogleDeveloperExpert #GDE
Spoke at GDG Oslo, Norway on my talk "From XML to Compose My journey of transforming an existing large Android app to Jetpack Compose". Thank you GDG Oslo for having me 🙏https://gdg.community.dev/e...
Spoke at GDG Paris on my open-source Android app Upnext: TV Series Manager's migration to Jetpack Compose in my talk titled From XML to Compose: My journey of migrating an existing large Android ap...
Last night my talk "From XML to Compose: My journey of transforming an existing large Android app to Compose" premiered at the Conf42 Mobile 2022 conference https://www.conf42.com/mobile2022
Am excited to announce that I have been chosen to participate in the Exchange with Google Developers program for the upcoming DevFest 2021 pilot as a Mentor! https://events.withgoogle.com/exchange-...
Trakt.tv is a platform that primarily keeps track of TV shows and movies you watch. Developed by a great team, the platform is widely used across the world. This week my app, Upnext: TV Series Mana...
Just received my software upgrade...Pfizer 1 of 2 loading.... If you are between 18 and 34 vaccinations are now open in South Africa, be sure to get your shot. Help make a difference. Get your vacc...
Completed "Jetpack Compose Crash Course for Android using Kotlin" https://www.udemy.com/certificate/UC-54c32e73-eac0-4cca-9d14-e7845969e3ce/
Launched the much requested feature for adding shows to a Favorites list. The list is managed by Trakt's awesome personal list functionality which has been intergrated into the Upnext: TV Series Ma...
Updated the Upnext: TV Series Manager website https://theupnextapp.com/
Started with my BSc Computer Science https://www.uopeople.edu/
Host for https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-cape-town-presents-gdg-south-africa-devfest-2020/
Host for https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-cape-town-presents-remote-work-in-covid-times-same-same-but-different/
https://github.com/akitikkx/Insight
https://github.com/akitikkx/feline-love
https://github.com/akitikkx/fx-app
https://medium.com/@akitikkx/joining-the-fight-against-covid-19-with-technology-covid-19-global-hackathon-933d0dcc2609
https://medium.com/@akitikkx/taking-advantage-of-wireless-adb-debugging-on-macos-for-android-10-and-lower-f2cf13f05700
https://medium.com/@akitikkx/building-an-android-prototype-app-in-three-days-with-the-help-of-android-jetpack-for-a-hackathon-6a4b937d5d8e
GDG Cape Town co-organizer https://gdg.community.dev/gdg-cape-town/
Android Developer Nanodegree
Community Leads Platform member
"An evening of Jetpack" GDG Cape Town Meetup speaker https://youtu.be/AvckstbRyqE
DevFest 2019 South Africa Speaker https://youtu.be/fjdeikseeD0
Speaker at Kotlin/Everywhere South Africa https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-cape-town-presents-kotlineverywhere-south-africa/
DevFest South Africa Mobile CFP Committee member
Featured on the OfferZen blog! https://www.offerzen.com/blog/rediscovering-my-passion-for-my-career-as-a-dev
Launched version 3 of Upnext TV Series Manager, a whole new look and feel with Trakt show management planned for the future https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theupnextapp