Ben Kadel

FYI Pin-Droid at @droidconUSA #droidconusa26 will have the prize ceremony at 15:35 (last break) at the main coffee/social area (next to cutebots)! The game is still on though until then! And we will hide the leaderboard for the final hour! All to play for #pindroid

Servus aus München! 🥨 Unser Android-Team war an der KotlinConf 2026. Zurück sind sie mit viel Inspiration, neuen Kodee-Maskottchen und Ideen für noch besseren Code. 🚀 Den ganzen Konferenzrückblick von @diddielou.bsky.social gibt's jetzt frisch auf unserem Blog: appswithlove.com/blog/kotlinc...

Super super honoured to be featured in this brilliant wrap-up article about Kotlin Conf 2026 (by some truely lovely folks)... Check out the English version here: appswithlove.com/en/blog/kotl... Also thanks so so much Ossi for your lovely kind words & glad you could come see it <3

@kotlinconf.com #kotlinconf Did anyone get any good photos of my talk? Please please if you did feel free to share them in the thread below, I would really really love to see them! Also P.S thank you for coming to my whacky talk <3

And so it begins! I'm beyond excited! #kotlinconf #kotlinconf26 @kotlinconf.com

Started my short journey over to Munich for @kotlinconf.com #KotlinConf26 if anyone is interested in seeing my whacky talk about Kotlin collection functions (mixed with some lord of the rings) then my talk is at 17:15 Thursday on the Keynote stage!

Just saw @zsmb.co awesome talk about migrating to KMP was an absolutely excellent talk! Highly recommend! I also noticed some ace that made my day! My Kotdo sticker made it onto his laptop already! Very honour that Marton wants my garbage on his machine! #AMxDC26 #AndroidMakers26

MINI GAME ANNOUNCEMENT! The second fun and quick mini game that anyone can come and play in person at #androidmakers26 @AndroidMakersFR See you there at 11:15 sharp! Winner gets pins! See you there #AMxDC26

My NEW talk for this year is about to begin for the first time of 2026 on the Main Stage at @androidmakers.bsky.social #AMxDC26 #AndroidMakers26 Come along if you wanna see some wacky stuff & learn about kotlin collection functions! #kotlin #lordoftherings

Voting for the Golden Kodee Awards is now OPEN: Link: bit.ly/4l81dn0 Some absolute heavy hitters in each category! Im up for the "in-person presence" award... just incase you wanna vote for little old me... 😜🏆 Only if you think I deserve it! Go vote! #kotlinconf @kotlinconf.com #kotlin

@kotlinconf.com sorry to pester with maybe a dumb question.... Does a speaker pass allow us entry to the workshop day (and a selected workshop) as well ?

Had an awesome session with these wonderful legends from my old Uni, Staffordshire Uni! The lovely SCS crew invited me to talk about GitHub Actions (and CI/CD in general) to these brilliant young minds! I had so much fun & got to meet some great students! #uni #cicd #presentation

@droidcon.bsky.social hey Droidcon! .... Question: when will CFPs for Berlin & London be online? And any other cheeky Droidcon events we can CFP to this year? I'm hungry for conf season x

Principal Mobile Engineer at Vay.iо @benkadel.com takes the stage at KotlinConf'26 to lead a fellowship into the deeps of Kotlin functional programming. 🧵👇

Oooooo weeee brace yourselves for absolute chaotic fun ;)

@kotlinconf.com Incredibly exciting news & super honoured to be selected this year for KotlinConf 2026... See you in Munich (in May)! #kotlinconf26 #gotokotlinconf26

🚀 KotlinConf’26 is taking shape – meet our first speakers! 🔗 https://kotl.in/conf26speak-blu

Omg Yes! kotlinlang.org/docs/multipl... #ComposeMultiplatform

Oiii oiiiii!

Super excited to say... Today is my first day at my new job! Starting as Principal Mobile Engineer at Vay.io Can't wait! Wish me luck y'all! #NewJob #VayIO #FirstDay

Question to the JS community... I have a simple Express Server and I want to validate the incoming request body against a schema to make sure the body contains the right data.... Would anyone recommend a specific library to act as a middleware for this? There seems to be 1000 different choices...

See you soon Turin! Who else is at Droidcon Italy?! P.S my talk is Wednesday (Day 1) at 10:20 in Sala 7, come have some fun! @droidcon.it #DroidconItaly #synesthesia

INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO WATCH & SPREAD! Totally unacceptable! Please share this video so more people can see the absolutely atrocious & Egregious behaviour on clear display from @rockstargames.com #BoycottGTA6 www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

The greatest thing ever made on social media! Luv ya @chrisward.de #RIPK7

MINI GAME ANNOUNCEMENT 10:15 (during first break) by BIG INFLATABLE ANDROID! It's an easy game & anyone can join this in person game for a chance to win more pins! Will start a few minutes after to give people time to show up #dcldn25 #pindroid

See you soon @droidcon.bsky.social #dcldn25 #droidconlondon

BTW just for anyone interested.. This was the winning Doodle (and hopefully will become a real pin next year) woo woo! Well done Mohsen

LAST MINI GAME FOR DAY 2! 17:20 (after the last talk) by escalators & Mario kart! Anyone can join this in person game for a chance to win more pins! It's the last mini game for the day, so don't miss out! #dcbln25 #pindroid

Pin-Droid at @droidcon.bsky.social Berlin 2025 has begun! To register go to pin-droid.com to sign up for the game! IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS will be on this channel, so keep your eyes peeled! #droidcon #pin-droid #conference

@benkadel.com and K7 fighting evil Ken Bagel on the stage of Droidcon Lisbon 🔥 #dclx25

Captain @benkadel.com I'm resigning from the USS Singleton and heading over to the Nostromo. Maybe I'll find that mysterious T-Share Engineer somewhere in he worlds of Weyland-Yutani Corp. 😜 Live long and prosper! 🖖 See you at @droidcon.bsky.social Berlin

While Captain @benkadel.com is trying to escape Planet Regex, I'm following the footsteps of the mysterious T-shaped engineer. A model to secure your job in the AI age? Does knowing Modern Android Development help you outside of Android world? I'll tell you about my 2025 journey at Droidcon Berlin

🟢 @benkadel.com takes Git investigations to the next level at Droidcon Italy 2024, the most entertaining talk you've ever seen! 🕵️‍♂️ How do you catch a bug hiding deep in your commit history? 🔎 Talk: “Crime Scene InvestiGITor: How to Investigate Like a Pro!” 🔗 youtu.be/bSXU6ixbkrU 👈🏻

Starting my trip to #dclx25 Droidcon Lisbon! If you are there then my talk is first thing tomorrow on stage 1! See you there! Woo woo! #ConferenceSeason #DroidconLisbon

👤 Speaker reveal #3: From InvestiGITor to intergalactic adventures, @benkadel.com will be back at Droidcon Italia 2025! 🎤👨🏻‍🚀 This year will present: “Escape from Planet Regex – Kotlin to the Rescue” 🔍 📅 November 19–20, 2025 📍 Turin, Italy 🎟️ Early Bird Tickets → it.droidcon.com/2025/tickets...

🚀 Escape from the Planet Regex! Join @benkadel.com at #droidconBerlin (Sept 24–26) to see how Kotlin can rescue you from regex chaos. ▶️ Short: www.youtube.com/shorts/j8hol... 🎟 Tickets: berlin.droidcon.com #Kotlin #AndroidDev #Regex #droidcon2025

📣 #dcbln25 Keynote Announcement! 📣 Top #AndroidDev experts: Manuel Vivo, Erik Hellman, Pierre-Yves Ricau, Sebastian Aigner, Nicole Terc & Alejandra Stammato, share predictions, hot takes & advice on the future of #Android—plus rapid-fire Q&A. berlin.droidcon.com/speakers/man...

Check out the brilliant @devwithzachary.bsky.social 's awesome work being the New Head of Community at @droidcon.bsky.social He is fully nailing it & just dropped a recent interview he performed with me at Droidcon NY, check it out OR at least follow him to keep up with the epic work he is doing!

Courtesy of the marvellous @devwithzachary.bsky.social (Thank you for this vid my dude) This video accurate captures the chaos, energy & none-sense that I try and bring to the conference stage! P.S. Slight spoilers for this years conf talk, so don't watch if you wanna be surprised <3

New favourite piccie from the past week at @droidcon.bsky.social New York with the absolute legend that is @sebi.io ! If he still has the AI altered version of this it's absolutely hilarious & will likely be his new Greatest Hits Album cover ;) ;) #dcnyc25

Spending the day in Grand Central Station Remote working from @revenuecat.com 's awesome Popup Vibe Coding Catfe, it's open to anyone that wants to hang, code, see some talks from 8 till 8. Come on down and join it's about to start filling up! #revenuecat #work #coding

@trakx.bsky.social dude comeee yo server pod

Honoured & truly touched by the fantastic gift (custom 1 of a kind pin droid hoodie) that they gave me! Thank you so much to the wonderful people at @droidcon.bsky.social for all the incredibly hard & brilliant work that you do to make these awesome events come to life! Thanks Greg & Patty! ❤️😍

Not to brag but me and @mmckenna.me got to be up close and personal to @duolingoverde.bsky.social 's butt last night! The things dreams are made of! #dcnyc25 @droidcon.bsky.social

Just starting my journey to the incredible New York City for @droidcon.bsky.social NYC! My talk is Day 1 at 16:10! See you there! #dcnyc25

@androidmakers.bsky.social is the photo album for this year's event available somewhere already?

Soooooo FUN FACT.... Today is my very first day at my NEW JOB! I've joined the awesome Travellers Platform team at GetYourGuide! Super Excited & cant wait to get contributing! #NewRole #NewJob #GetYourGuide

@xgouchet.fr happy birthday to one of the most brilliant dudes and presenters/speakers/teachers I have the pleasure of knowing! I hope you have an excellent day my dude! Enjoy and hope your family spoil you rotten today ;) ;) x

The ordeal finally came to a happy conclusion.... Although.... Arguably the kid-nappers won... #AMxDC25

Hahahahah! Someone is a flipping legend, wow! Love this, going to figure out a way to get this person points...... Or a jail cell! #AMxDC25