# Maiko Trindade

> Senior Android Engineer and Software Developer with 10+ years in Android development. This site covers Android development, Jetpack Compose, Kotlin, AI agents, blockchain/Solidity, and software engineering.

Author: Maiko Trindade
Contact: contact@maikotrindade.com
Site: https://maikotrindade.com
Twitter: @maikotrindade
GitHub: https://github.com/maikotrindade
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/maikotrindade

## Core Pages

- [Home](https://maikotrindade.com/): Overview of Maiko Trindade's work and latest blog posts.
- [Experience](https://maikotrindade.com/experience.html): Professional history at Neo Financial, Itaú Bank, SmartBank, Ubby Inc, Monitora, Cast IT Group, and Bluedotsoft. Technical skills covering Android, AI tools, blockchain, and miscellaneous technologies.
- [Projects](https://maikotrindade.com/projects.html): Portfolio including Capitol Trades Tracker (AI agents), Mobile Tester Agent (agentic testing), Nomad Token (blockchain hackathon), and Android XR Demo.
- [About](https://maikotrindade.com/about.html): Background and bio.
- [Blog](https://maikotrindade.com/blog/): All articles on Android, Kotlin, AI agents, and blockchain.

## Blog — AI & Agents

- [Loop Engineering: Designing the Control Loop Behind Autonomous Agents](https://maikotrindade.com/ai-agents/engineering/2026/07/02/loop-engineering-autonomous-agents.html): Practical guide to designing the plan, act, observe loop behind autonomous agents, covering termination conditions, context budgets, and failure handling.
- [How to Actually Test Autonomous AI Agents](https://maikotrindade.com/ai-agents/testing/2026/05/20/testing-autonomous-ai-agents.html): A practical opinion on testing autonomous AI agents using trajectory evaluation, observability, real-workflow benchmarks, and production-grade reliability practices.
- [Awesome React Native Skills: Claude Skills for Modern Mobile Dev](https://maikotrindade.com/ai/agents/claude/react-native/2026/05/12/awesome-react-native-skills.html): Curated collection of Claude Skills covering core, ecosystem, Expo, performance, and testing for production React Native apps.
- [Building Reusable Skills for Claude: A Complete Guide](https://maikotrindade.com/ai/agents/claude/anthropic/2026/05/02/building-reusable-skills-for-claude.html): How to build, configure, and distribute reusable markdown-based Skills for Claude using progressive disclosure, SKILL.md frontmatter, and MCP integration.
- [Capitol Trades Tracker: AI-Powered Investment Intelligence](https://maikotrindade.com/artificial-intelligence/2026/01/18/introducing-capitol-trades-tracker.html): Agentic AI Android app tracking U.S. congressional stock trades using Koog, LLMs, and OpenRouter.
- [Understanding AI Agents: Concepts, Architecture, and Tools](https://maikotrindade.com/ai/agents/automation/agentic%20systems/llm/2025/10/02/understanding-ai-agents-concepts-architecture-tools.html): Comprehensive overview of AI agent architecture, reasoning, planning, and tools like LangChain, CrewAI, and Koog.
- [Building an Agentic AI Mobile Tester with Koog and Kotlin](https://maikotrindade.com/ai/kotlin/android/development/agents/2025/08/19/building-agentic-ai-mobile-tester-koog-kotlin.html): How to build an autonomous mobile testing agent using Koog, Kotlin, and LLMs.
- [Unleashing the Power of AI Agents with Koog](https://maikotrindade.com/ai/kotlin/development/agents/2025/06/18/koog-ai-framework-agents.html): Introduction to JetBrains' Koog agentic framework for building AI agents in Kotlin/JVM.
- [Exploring Android Studio's Gemini Journeys](https://maikotrindade.com/android/ai/testing/2025/05/20/exploring-android-studio-gemini-journeys-ai-testing.html): AI-powered E2E test generation in Android Studio using Gemini natural language prompts.
- [Gemini AI in Android Studio](https://maikotrindade.com/2024/10/20/gemini-ai-in-android-studio.html): How Gemini AI assistant enhances Android development productivity in Android Studio.
- [Enhancing Ethereum Security Through AI-Based Code Audits](https://maikotrindade.com/2024/02/29/enhancing-ethereum-security-through-ai-based-code-audits.html): Vitalik Buterin's proposal to use AI for smart contract security audits.

## Blog — Android & Jetpack Compose

- [Jetpack Compose and React Native: More Similar Than You Think](https://maikotrindade.com/android/react-native/2026/05/03/jetpack-compose-react-native-similarities.html): How Jetpack Compose concepts — state, composables, effects, navigation — map directly to React Native for Android developers.
- [AGSL: A Quick Introduction to Android Graphics Shading Language](https://maikotrindade.com/android/graphics/2025/11/28/introduction-to-android-shading-language.html): GPU shaders in Android using AGSL for visual effects in Compose.
- [Untangling State: Easier Android App Management with Compose](https://maikotrindade.com/android/compose/development/2025/03/08/untangling-state-android-app-management.html): State hoisting and management patterns in Jetpack Compose.
- [Execution Order in Jetpack Compose Explained](https://maikotrindade.com/2025/01/28/execution-order-in-jetpack-compose.html): How LaunchedEffect, DisposableEffect, and composables execute.
- [A Guide to Accessibility in Android Apps with Jetpack Compose](https://maikotrindade.com/2024/12/03/a-guide-to-accessibiliy-in-android-apps-jetpack-compose.html): TalkBack, Switch Access, color contrast, and automated accessibility testing.
- [Exploring Android XR](https://maikotrindade.com/2024/12/14/exploring-Android-XR.html): Introduction to building AR/VR apps on Android XR.
- [Build Better Apps with Kotlin Multiplatform](https://maikotrindade.com/2024/09/04/build-better-apps-with-kotlin-multiplatform.html): KMP for sharing code between Android and iOS while keeping native UIs.
- [Kotlin 2.0 – A New Era for Android Development](https://maikotrindade.com/2024/07/02/kotlin-2.0-a-new-era-for-android-development.html): Kotlin 2.0 compiler improvements, new language features, and performance gains.
- [Insights into Compose UI Testing](https://maikotrindade.com/2024/01/26/insights-into-compose-ui-testing.html): Practical guide to Jetpack Compose UI test setup, ComposeTestRule, and best practices.
- [Improving Accessibility of Android Apps](https://maikotrindade.com/2024/09/11/improving-accessibility-android-app.html): Android accessibility tools — TalkBack, font size, high contrast text.
- [Exploring the Benefits of Android Jetpack Compose II](https://maikotrindade.com/2023/11/15/benefits-of-compose-part-2.html): Second part of the Jetpack Compose benefits series.
- [Exploring the Benefits of Android Jetpack Compose I](https://maikotrindade.com/2023/10/05/benefits-of-compose-part-1.html): First part of the Jetpack Compose benefits series.
- [Exploring Material3 for Android with Jetpack Compose](https://maikotrindade.com/2023/04/21/explore-material3-jetpack-compose.html): How to adopt Material You and Material3 design tokens in Jetpack Compose.
- [Comparing Jetpack Compose and Reactive JS](https://maikotrindade.com/2023/03/22/comparing-jetpack-compose-reactive-js.html): Similarities and differences between Android's Compose and reactive JavaScript UI frameworks.
- [Migration from XML-based UI to Jetpack Compose](https://maikotrindade.com/2023/02/12/migration-from-jetpack-compose.html): Practical strategies for migrating an existing Android XML layout app to Jetpack Compose.
- [Let's talk about Jetpack Compose again](https://maikotrindade.com/2022/08/25/jetpack-compose-lets-talk.html): A revisit of Jetpack Compose concepts and best practices for Android UI development.
- [Kotlin – Interfaces, Inline and Higher-Order Functions](https://maikotrindade.com/2022/11/15/kotlin-interfaces-annontations.html): Deep dive into Kotlin interfaces, inline functions, and higher-order function patterns.
- [Koin – Dependency Injection for Kotlin](https://maikotrindade.com/2019/07/09/koin-android-kotlin-dependency-injection.html): Introduction to Koin as a lightweight dependency injection framework for Kotlin and Android.
- [Dependency Injection with Dagger 2](https://maikotrindade.com/2019/04/25/dependency-injection-with-dagger-2.html): How to set up and use Dagger 2 for dependency injection in Android apps.
- [Simplify your Android code with Coroutines](https://maikotrindade.com/2020/02/20/coroutines-android-simplify-code.html): Practical patterns for using Kotlin Coroutines to simplify async Android code.
- [Coroutines basics](https://maikotrindade.com/2019/12/05/coroutines-basics.html): Introduction to Kotlin Coroutines — launch, async, suspend functions, and structured concurrency.
- [Converting Java to Kotlin](https://maikotrindade.com/2019/05/03/java-to-kotlin-converting.html): Tips and pitfalls when converting existing Java Android code to idiomatic Kotlin.
- [Kotlin – tricks and tips](https://maikotrindade.com/2018/06/20/kotlin-tips-tricks-cheat-sheet.html): A cheat sheet of useful Kotlin language features and idioms for Android developers.
- [Lifecycle-aware components on Android](https://maikotrindade.com/2019/01/19/lifecycle-aware-components-on-android.html): How to use Android Jetpack lifecycle-aware components to avoid common memory leak patterns.
- [Introduction to Android WorkManager](https://maikotrindade.com/2019/02/03/introduction-android-work-manager.html): How to schedule deferrable background work reliably with Android WorkManager.
- [Architecture Components – Binding Data](https://maikotrindade.com/2018/12/15/architecture-componentes-binding-data.html): Using Android Data Binding with Architecture Components for cleaner UI code.
- [Architecture Components – let's make Android great again](https://maikotrindade.com/2017/02/21/android-architecture-components.html): Introduction to Android Architecture Components: ViewModel, LiveData, and Room.
- [Your data everywhere using Cloud Firestore](https://maikotrindade.com/2018/07/07/google-firestore.html): Getting started with Google Cloud Firestore for real-time data sync in Android apps.
- [How to handle Flutter connectivity](https://maikotrindade.com/2018/03/04/how-to-handle-flutter-connectivity.html): Detecting and reacting to network connectivity changes in Flutter applications.
- [Model View Presenter (MVP) on Android](https://maikotrindade.com/2016/06/12/model-view-presenter-mvp-on-android.html): Implementing the MVP architecture pattern in Android to separate UI from business logic.
- [Introduction to Reactive Programming with RxJava](https://maikotrindade.com/2016/11/05/rxjava.html): Core concepts of RxJava — Observables, Operators, and Schedulers — for Android developers.

## Blog — Blockchain & Solidity

- [Deep Dive into DeFi: Liquidity Pools and Aave](https://maikotrindade.com/2024/04/03/liquidity-pools-aave-explained.html): How DeFi liquidity pools work and how Aave uses them for lending and borrowing.
- [Decoding Meme Coins](https://maikotrindade.com/2024/03/18/decoding-meme-coins.html): Hype, risks, and reality behind meme coin cryptocurrencies.
- [Integrate your Android app with a ERC20 smart contract](https://maikotrindade.com/2023/08/02/integrate-android-app-with-erc20-token.html): How to connect an Android app to an ERC20 token contract using Web3j.
- [Nomad Token – Chainlink Hackathon](https://maikotrindade.com/2023/06/28/nomad-token-chainlink-hackathon.html): Building a full blockchain ecosystem for a Chainlink hackathon.
- [Send private transactions on private Ethereum networks](https://maikotrindade.com/2023/01/16/send_private_transaction_ethereum.html): How to send private transactions on a permissioned Ethereum network.
- [The Future of Gaming and Crypto](https://maikotrindade.com/2022/12/26/future-gamiing-crypto.html): How blockchain and crypto are reshaping the future of gaming and virtual economies.
- [Supply chain on blockchains](https://maikotrindade.com/2022/06/12/supply-chain-blockchain.html): How blockchain technology improves transparency and traceability in supply chain management.
- [Ethereum governance](https://maikotrindade.com/2022/05/27/ethereum-governance.html): How Ethereum's decentralized governance process works for protocol upgrades and EIPs.
- [Best practices and design patterns for Ethereum development](https://maikotrindade.com/2022/04/22/best-practices-design-patterns-ethereum.html): Security patterns, common pitfalls, and best practices for writing robust Ethereum smart contracts.
- [Different types of Consensus mechanisms](https://maikotrindade.com/2022/03/12/consensus-types.html): Overview of blockchain consensus mechanisms including PoW, PoS, DPoS, and BFT variants.
- [Getting started with Chainlink development using Truffle and Infura](https://maikotrindade.com/2021/06/28/getting-started-with-chainlink-development-using-truffle-and-infura.html): Step-by-step guide to building Chainlink-powered smart contracts with Truffle and Infura.
- [What is Chainlink and why it is important for crypto-ecosystem?](https://maikotrindade.com/2021/06/12/what-is-chainlink-and-why-it-is-important-for-crypto-ecosystem.html): Introduction to Chainlink oracles and why decentralized data feeds matter for DeFi and smart contracts.
- [Inheritance in Solidity explained](https://maikotrindade.com/2020/09/29/inheritance-in-solidity-explained.html): How Solidity implements single and multiple inheritance, virtual functions, and the C3 linearization order.
- [Basic of Mappings in Solidity](https://maikotrindade.com/2020/07/14/basic-of-solidity-mappings.html): How Solidity mappings work, their storage model, and common patterns for using them in smart contracts.
- [How is the structure of a smart contract](https://maikotrindade.com/2020/05/01/structure-of-smart-contract.html): Anatomy of a Solidity smart contract — state variables, functions, events, modifiers, and constructors.
- [EVM – Ethereum Virtual Machine](https://maikotrindade.com/2020/04/11/the-ethereum-virtual-machine.html): How the Ethereum Virtual Machine executes bytecode, manages the stack, and handles gas.
- [Blockchain decentralizing the financial system](https://maikotrindade.com/2019/11/11/blockchain-decentralizing-the-financial-system.html): How blockchain technology enables decentralized finance and removes intermediaries from financial systems.
- [How to start with the new token standard ERC777 with Solidity](https://maikotrindade.com/2019/03/29/solidity-erc777-new-token-standard.html): Introduction to the ERC777 advanced token standard and how it improves on ERC20.
- [What is special about ERC1155?](https://maikotrindade.com/2018/11/20/what-is-special-about-ERC1155.html): Why ERC1155 is a powerful multi-token standard enabling both fungible and non-fungible tokens in one contract.
- [Solidity – Travis CI with Truffle](https://maikotrindade.com/2018/07/26/solidity-travis-ci-with-truffle.html): Setting up continuous integration for Solidity smart contracts using Travis CI and Truffle.
- [Solidity – Call x Transactions and Solidity functions](https://maikotrindade.com/2018/02/20/solidity-call-vs-transaction.html): The difference between read-only calls and state-changing transactions in Solidity.
- [Solidity – Gas, gas price, fee and gas usage](https://maikotrindade.com/2018/01/24/solidity-difference-gas-gas-price-fee.html): Explaining gas, gas price, and transaction fees in Ethereum smart contract execution.
- [Solidity – Block and Transaction Properties](https://maikotrindade.com/2018/01/15/solidity-block-transaction-properties.html): Global variables available in Solidity for accessing block and transaction context.
- [Solidity – Hashes and Typecasting](https://maikotrindade.com/2017/12/11/solidity-hash-type-casting.html): How hashing functions and type conversion work in Solidity.
- [Hello Solidity, hello Ethereum](https://maikotrindade.com/2017/11/07/solidity-basics.html): A beginner's introduction to writing smart contracts with Solidity on Ethereum.

## Blog — General Development

- [Some useful GIT commands](https://maikotrindade.com/2016/09/03/major-git-commands.html): A reference of essential and practical Git commands for everyday development workflows.

## Content License

Content is written by Maiko Trindade and may be referenced or cited with attribution. Please link to the original article URL.