⚡️ Flutter Tip: Supercharge BuildContext with Extensions

Stop writing long, ugly boilerplate code every time you need the screen size or a theme color. 🛑

Instead of typing: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width 🤮

You could just type: context.width

What are Dart Extensions? They allow you to add new functionality to existing classes. You can add your own shortcuts directly to BuildContext.

Why use this?

1. Cleaner UI code: Your widget tree becomes much easier to read.
2. Less typing: Save your fingers.
3. Consistency: Centralize your media query logic.

Check out the code on the image. Write this into a file called extensions.dart and use it everywhere.

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🚀 Introducing: Codecast App

Codecast is now a full app built for tech-focused podcasts from our community and beyond.

What you can do with Codecast:

🎙 Listen to tech podcasts in one place

👥 Browse podcasts by guest (since one guest may appear on multiple shows)

🎧 Filter episodes by host

🔍 Search episodes easily

⬇️ Download episodes for offline listening

▶️ Supports background play, so you can listen while doing other things

This app was built to solve a real community need, not hype, not noise, just value.

I got tired of having 50 tabs open and still feeling lost.

We’ve all been there. You want to learn Flutter or Python. You open YouTube, Medium, three documentation sites, and a random course.

Two hours later? You’re deep in a rabbit hole, your WiFi flickers, you get a notification, and you’ve written zero lines of code.

It’s not a lack of effort. It’s a lack of structure.

I realized that developers don't need more content. There is enough content out there. We need a map. A map that works when the internet doesn't.

That’s why I built DevMap.

Imagine having the entire path from "Hello World" to "Senior Architect" right in your pocket. ✅ No distractions. ✅ No internet required. ✅ Just you, the roadmap, and your progress.

In 2 days, we change how you learn to code.

Are you ready to filter out the noise?

🥊 War Tuesday: Choose Your Weapon

It’s time to settle this. 😤

You are starting a fresh Flutter project. You need to code for 8 hours straight.
Which IDE are you opening?

Be careful, your RAM depends on this answer. 👇

🚦 Waiting on the Google Gods...

The review team is taking their sweet time with DevMap. (Maybe they got distracted learning Flutter from our roadmaps? 😉).

ትንሽ ትግስት, fam! We should be live any minute. 🤞

“The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.”
— Sydney J. Harris ✍️
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Dec 17, 2025.

Every Flutter widget has a story- from birth to disposal. 👆Here's a visual breakdown of the StatefulWidget lifecycle:

① Creation → createState(), initState()

②Building didChangeDependencies(), build()

③ Updating setState(), didUpdateWidget()

④ Destruction → deactivate(), dispose()


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⏳ Still waiting for Google Play approval…
Everything is ready. Coming very soon

🥊 War Saturday: How do you organize the chaos?

Your app just hit 50 screens. It's getting big.
How are you structuring your folders? 📂

There are two types of developers in this world. Which one are you?

Team A: Layer-First
(Separating by tech type)
📂 screens/
📂 widgets/
📂 models/

Team B: Feature-First
(Separating by business logic)
📂 auth/ (contains screens + widgets + models)
📂 profile/ (contains screens + widgets + models)

Pick a side. 👇