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The BUILD SUCCESSFUL (on the third try) hoodie

The BUILD SUCCESSFUL (on the third try) hoodie from merch drop 7, for Android developers and anyone who has watched attempt 3 of 3. Colours, sizes and prices.

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The BUILD SUCCESSFUL (on the third try) hoodie

Every Android developer knows the ritual. Clean. Rebuild. Invalidate caches and restart. Then the build goes green and nobody asks which of those actually fixed it. The Build Successful (On the Third Try) Hoodie is a hoodie about that moment.

The design

A release build task, a full progress bar, "100% • attempt 3 of 3", then BUILD SUCCESSFUL in big type with the honest part on an amber pill: on the third try. The line along the bottom is the usual recipe: clean, rebuild, invalidate caches, pray.

Colours, sizes and price

  • Gildan 18500 heavy blend hoodie
  • Black, Navy, Dark Heather and Forest Green
  • $47.50 to $64 depending on size, before shipping (Printful calculates shipping at checkout)
  • Printed to order by Printful

Getting to green on the first try

A build that goes green is not the same as an app that works. The bugs that reach users are usually the ones no test looked at. Test It Before They Do covers ViewModel tests with coroutines and Flow, Compose UI tests through the semantics tree, screenshot tests and running it all in CI, so a green build means something. The free sample is the full chapter on Compose UI tests.

Get it

The hoodie is in the merch store with the rest of drop 7 and every earlier design on the merch page.

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