Raúl Ferrer

How to Build a Custom Drawer in Flutter Let’s explore how to create an adaptive Drawer with both left and right Drawer views in Flutter.

You've probably seen in a lot of applications how selecting a menu button causes the content of that menu to slide sideways on the screen. That element is the 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗲𝗿.

In the following article I explain how you can make your own drawer in 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿.

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It’s Friday evening! Go for the weekend!

Something planned?

#sunset

Leading with Purpose: The Tech Lead’s Journey How to navigate the challenges of leadership while staying true to your technical roots.

A new ‘Code, Lead, Grow’ newsletter’s issue is out! Don’t miss out!!!

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🚀 Ready to go from developer to leader?

I’ve launched “Code, Lead, Grow”, a newsletter packed with:
✅ Leadership lessons.
✅ Actionable strategies for devs.
✅ Tools & resources.

Don’t just code—lead.

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Sometimes not even one.

Merry Christmas Thomas! 🎄

New Limitations on Medium: The Fine Line Between Quantity, Quality, and Reader Trust on Medium How Medium’s rate limits are a wake-up call for creators to rethink their publishing strategies

If you’re writing on @medium.com this will interest you:

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Willow: Google’s Quantum Leap Into the Future of Computing Why Google’s new quantum chip is rewriting the rules of computation — and what it means for you, me, crypto, and the universe.

Google presented Willow, its Quantum Chip.

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So, on to the first post on distributed systems!

You never know. I started little by little, one post after another (sometimes with a lot of time between them), and one day I was contacted by Apress to write a book. You never know where you can end up 🤷‍♂️

Unlock Developer Mastery: How Teaching Transforms Your Coding Skills Boost Your Coding Skills by Sharing Knowledge on Medium.

“The advice? Write about what you’re learning as if you’re teaching someone else.”

Read “Unlock Developer Mastery: How Teaching Transforms Your Coding Skills“ by Raúl Ferrer on Medium: medium.com/write-a-cata...

Flutter Forum A home for all Flutter developers

In case you are a #Flutterdev and still haven't visited our new forum I can only highly recommend to do so there hasn't been a place for in depth Flutter discussions like this before.
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Unlock Your Potential: 7 Ways To Overcome Imposter Syndrome Overcome imposter syndrome and build unshakable confidence in your tech career.

I’ve shared a post on overcoming imposter syndrome, and your support reminded me why these talks matter.

We all face doubts, but naming them is how we take their power away.

You belong, you’ve earned your place, and you’re not alone. What helps you silence self-doubt?

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Developing your soft skills is Gold. After 15 years of management experience, I still find things that I could have said or done differently and hearing more about it helps!

🤣 I’ll remember that one!

Now you have a new follower on Hashnode 😉

Posting articles on Bluesky? Nice idea.

I understand your point of view. For that reason, and as long as I don't forget, at the beginning of each article I put a link so that people who are not subscribed to Medium can read it. I recently put up the paywall (as a test), and I am gradually putting the links in older articles.

For the paywall? Ups, I forgot to put the non-member link for free access.

The Soft Skills You’ll Need to Thrive in 2025 Master these 5 Soft Skills in 2025 to elevate your career and personal growth

Soft skills like emotional intelligence, adaptability, and storytelling are more than just an added bonus—they're your secret weapon for 2025.

Explore the essential soft skills you need to learn and how to excel at them:

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Sushi

And today for dinner... Some sushi 🍣 🤤

1/ With more users joining Bluesky, we know how important it is to identify which accounts are real. Users deserve confidence that the accounts they interact with are authentic.

Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵

Annual shoutout to the Keepa Amazon price tracker plugin, so you can check to see if every Black Friday sale is actually a sale, or just marked as one so you think you're getting a deal

Advent of Code 2024 in Kotlin. Day 1. YouTube video by Kotlin by JetBrains

It's that time of year again, where we celebrate the joy of Kotlin with @sebi.io! Join him and some lovely guests as they puzzle over the antics of the Christmas elves in this year's series of Advent of Code in Kotlin!

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🤔 Better a picture of your dog. Enough code for today 😅

Good choice. I have the same since 2 years.

Flock: The Secret Weapon Flutter Developers Have Been Waiting For! Discover how this game-changing fork of Flutter can accelerate your development and eliminate performance headaches.

The evolution of #Flutter is here. #flutterdev #software

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Bluesky 1.95. Improvements: New reply sorting option: "hotness." Improved localizations. Smoother feed scrolling. You can now swipe away informational "toasts". Fixes: Camera photos no longer get stretched. Newlines no longer get dropped on copypaste. Lots of other bug fixes and performance improvements.

📢 App Version 1.95 is rolling out now (1/6)

Lots of bugfixes and performance improvements in this one!

What happened with the #Apple Vision Pro?

Huawei launches its Android-free OS With launch of its Mate 70 and foldable Mate X6 smartphones, Huawei unveiled its latest mobile OS that no longer uses any Android open-source code.

Huawei unveiled HarmonyOS Next, claiming it’s free of Android code, alongside the Mate 70 and foldable Mate X6.

The Mate 70, launching Dec. 4 in China, highlights Huawei’s shift to in-house chips and software despite US trade restrictions.

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