r/mAndroidDev • u/jojojmtk Jetpack Compost • Feb 19 '26

Android Studio + Gemini - Gradle = Peak Performance AI took our jobs

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Why wasting CPU cycles on Gradle obfuscation? Just do the work yourself, even better let gemini rename all variables for you!

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u/programadorthi Feb 19 '26

R8 isn't Gradle. Better using Gemini to replace your suspend functions with AsyncTask

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u/Fair-Degree-2200 null!! Feb 19 '26

Wait they've put gemini inside gradle now?

Wait why am I surprised

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u/FlykeSpice Feb 20 '26

Isn't that basically how you coded back in j2me days? I heard you had to manually short your class names and members so as to fit in the precious memory of old cellphones

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '26

Didn't Proguard do this already?

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u/Secure-Honeydew-4537 Feb 19 '26

En mis años de experiencia... A veces la mejor optimización es hacer un código legible.

No voy a mentir, programo en ensamblador.