Lauren Darcey

Head of Mobile Platform at Reddit, leading the mobile platform team. Focused on improving developer experience and app performance.

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Apr 23, 2025 • 1h 26min

Building Reddit’s iOS and Android app

Join Lauren Darcey, Head of Mobile Platform at Reddit, along with iOS Platform Lead Brandon Kobilansky and Principal Android Engineer Eric Kuck, as they dive into the nitty-gritty of building Reddit’s mobile apps. They discuss the complexities of a 2.5 million line codebase, the architectural shift to MVVM, and the strategic decisions behind using Jetpack Compose and avoiding SwiftUI. The trio also shares insights on improving developer experience, enhancing testing infrastructure, and the challenges of scaling a remote-first engineering team.