The reason is Google kept Android stuck on Java 6 syntax for so long that the community moved on. At the time, moving from Java to Kotlin was a huge deal and then Jetbrains made a good job in making the tools work flawlessly and with no performance penalties as everything is compiled to Java bytecode (besides the nice interoperability).

Now Java has been upgraded on Android but it was too late.

Yeah, this is called “project-based learning” in the literature and there’s an active effort to switch schools to use it instead of the traditional “sit in class and watch your teacher talk” approach.

Did you check some articles on that? https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=push+up+smartphone+detection

Although I already agreed to it from a users’ perspective (the more protectionist, the worse user experience), this article is very thought provoking.

Unless they play the Twitter/X card and only allow seeing Reddit if you’re logged in and limit the amount of requests one account can make…

That isn’t necessary if HR consult engineers first.

I’d like to know what is it doing to be more efficient.

I like how monorepo is at the bottom.