@ricknout

Co-founder/CEO @ Thrif - South Africa's Fashion Marketplace ♻️

 Cape Town, South Africa
thrif.store
Joined June 2009
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Alex Styl
@alexstyl9 Aug 2025
Introducing Compose Unstyled Compose Unstyled is an API for implementing any design system in Jetpack Compose and Compose Multiplatform. 🎨 Token based Theming API 🍱 20+ renderless components 🎹 Keyboard navigation 🤟 Fully a11y Link in the reply
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🚀 #BWAI continues with @ricknout Nick Rout (Thrif Co‑founder/CEO) shows how to build an AI‑powered inventory system with #AppSheet, #AppsScript & #Gemini 🗓 26 June 2025 🕒 17:30 SAST 👉 RSVP: gdg.community.dev/e/mp8nr2/ 🎁 1-year @jetbrains IDE subscription up for grabs
Build with AI Cape Town Event poster with topic "Building an AI-driven inventory management system using AppSheet and Gemini" by Nick Rout (cofounder Thrif and Ex-Googler). Venue is Accso South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Clock Tower, V&A Waterfront, 8002, Cape Town.

ALT Build with AI Cape Town Event poster with topic "Building an AI-driven inventory management system using AppSheet and Gemini" by Nick Rout (cofounder Thrif and Ex-Googler). Venue is Accso South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Clock Tower, V&A Waterfront, 8002, Cape Town.

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sam henri gold
@samhenrigold9 Jun 2025
ok that’s fun now turn it off
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Observation: I'm finding the quality and polish of Android apps to generally be on the up these days. Lots of delightful moments ✨
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Special mentions in no particular order: - Arc Search: play.google.com/store/apps/d… - Pinnit: play.google.com/store/apps/d… - Hacker News: play.google.com/store/apps/d… - ChatGPT: play.google.com/store/apps/d… - Photoroom: play.google.com/store/apps/d… - Twine: play.google.com/store/apps/d…
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Howzit (again) 👋 I'm back from a small break and am excited to share that I'm splitting my time between freelance/contract work and a startup idea.
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I've updated my personal website to reflect this: ricknout.dev #opentowork #android #jetpackcompose #designsystems #kotlinmultiplatform #figma #uxui
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(As for the startup idea... It may not be what you'd expect, but I'm very excited about it and will share more when I can!)
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Howzit 👋 2024 is my 10th year of working-professionally-for-other-people. After careful consideration (i.e. lots of overthinking) I've decided it's time to take the somewhat scary next step of going solo.
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For now "going solo" starts with taking a small break. It's been a wild ride in tech / personally / the world over the last ~5 years. I'm privileged to have kept a job throughout but, I must admit, I'm burnt out and need to regain focus and energy.
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I'm excited about what's next and will share more on that soon. I'm not quite open to work (yet), but always open to conversations 😼
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Finally received my @figma x @work_louder Creator Micro! More design, less keyboard shortcuts 😮‍💨
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Hello 🤖 It's been a hot minute since I've written a blog post. I've been sitting on some opinions/ideas about design systems in Jetpack Compose and I've finally got them all down. All feedback welcome! buff.ly/3TE19PG #AndroidDev #JetpackCompose #DesignSystems #Figma
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Just received my certificate for Level Up with Figma 🙌 I've learnt so many new things about Figma and design systems that I'm excited to put into practice. @joeyabanks is an amazing teacher and I'd highly recommend signing up for the upcoming cohort. maven.com/baseline-design/le…
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🩷🟠Graphics Shapes APIs 🟨💚 We released 1.0.0-alpha04, which includes bug fixes & significant API changes as we migrated the library to be KMP-friendly (for easier integration with Compose) developer.android.com/jetpac… We'd love any feedback you might have ✍️ #JetpackCompose

graphics  |  Jetpack  |  Android Developers

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📢 Introducing #DevFestCTSpeakers2023:Nick Rout @ricknout! 📱Principal Android Engineer @ GoDaddy. 🛠️ Dive into "Apples & Androids" - a deep dive into Compose Multiplatform transformations. Join & uncover the tech magic! #ComposeMultiplatform #DevFestCT23
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Springboks
@Springboks28 Oct 2023
For South Africa 🇿🇦 #StrongerTogether #Springboks #RWCFinal #RSAvNZL
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