June 2023 in Chili Labs

Welcome to Chili Monthly Summary! This time we are presenting our report for May and June together, so get ready for an exciting read full of informative, emotional, and inspiring content. Let’s start!

Chili Labs seventh birthday! 🎂

Chili Labs is thrilled to celebrate its seventh birthday. From a humble startup, we have evolved into a leading Mobile software development and Design company, delivering cutting-edge solutions to clients worldwide. Yet, this is only the starting point, as we are filled with numerous ambitions and fascinating ventures to conquer in the future! Happy birthday to us and thank you for being part of our journey!

Mobile Developers Latvia meetup #18 📱

We consistently invest in our Mobile developer community, and our latest MDL meetup was a resounding success. We were treated to exceptional talks from two incredible speakers. Merab Tato Kutalia Senior Software Engineer at Choco, enlightened us with his insights on the power of Gradle convention plugins and how they can simplify build scripts in his speech titled "Composable build logic - adopting convention plugins." Furthermore, Raitis Šaripo, our talented iOS & Flutter developer, shed light on the crucial importance of proper memory management in programming and computer systems in general. His presentation titled "Plug the Leak: Memory Management in Flutter" gave insight into how to properly manage memory in your Flutter apps. You can already find those videos uploaded to our YouTube channel.

The first Flutter Academy class successfully finished 🧑‍🏫️

Congratulations to the first five pioneers of Flutter Academy who have successfully completed the course and are now prepared to embark on the exciting journey of mobile development in the real world. Their journey was filled with 12 intense lessons that were rich in learning, practical experience, and industry knowledge. We are looking forward to seeing the first completed projects in Flutter to observe how yesterday's beginners have transformed into ambitious, potential Flutter superstars. Best of luck to our graduates!

New blog posts 💻

We are delighted to present two exceptional articles crafted by our talented team members. The first article features invaluable insights from our esteemed CEO, Vjaceslavs Kreidikovs, who enlightens us on the art of mobile app analytics. Through the use of examples and informative graphs, the article offers practical advice and recommendations that will undoubtedly prove helpful.

The second article, penned by our charming Lead Designer Anastasia Kondratenko, showcases a highly practical case study titled "From Idea to Reality: How We Developed the Case Builder." In this captivating piece, Anastasia takes us on an exciting, step-by-step journey, revealing the optimization and automation of the case creation process for our webpage. We urge you to set aside a few moments to immerse yourself in the great narratives presented in these articles.

Chili Labs Summer Party 😎

Hard work deserves a good rest! This time the ChiliLabs team headed to a cozy place called Melnsils in the north of Latvia to enjoy the activities of the warmest season. We started with exciting Sports Games that included various competitions, where everyone took part in a fun and competitive race. Continued with the official part, presented in a new “retrospective in swimming trunks” format. Finally, we enjoyed the beach, the sea, delicious food, refreshing drinks, sauna sessions, dancing, and the beautiful natural surroundings. It was an amazing experience, and we can't wait for future events!

Upcoming Product Design Meetup

Join us for the upcoming Product Design Meetup on July 27th at Workland Telegraph, where we have an impressive line-up of speakers ready to gather the Designers community. Our first speaker is Sanita Paegle, a seasoned UX architect at UXDA, who will captivate the audience with her speech titled "Design sprints are cool, but UX is a marathon. This is how you win." Additionally, we are honored to have Natalia Filvarova, a distinguished UX Researcher at Google, Oxford lecturer, and TEDx speaker, who will share valuable insights on "Designing for all: Empowering Accessibility and Inclusion." Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and network - reserve your ticket now! Attendance is free, but space is limited, so act swiftly. Discover the essence of our latest MDL through our YouTube highlights video.

Chili Labs to Share Expertise at Fluttercon 2023 🎤️

Flutter developers from Europe and across the globe will converge this year at multi-track conference Fluttercon in Berlin. The program committee is seeking the smartest minds in Flutter and Dart, including, of course, Chili Labs top-notch experts: Daria Orlova, Mobile Tech Lead, will discuss how to audit the Flutter codebase from various perspectives, including code quality, maintainability, performance, production readiness, security, & more. And Raitis Šaripo, iOS & Flutter developer with his talk will explain how memory is being allocated in Flutter apps, how to tell if your app is leaking memory, the source of the leak, & how to fix it.