How to build a Clean SSEClient Flow
Droidcon Berlin talk about building real-time Android features using Server-Sent Events, Clean Architecture, and Kotlin Flow.
Mario Augusto Martins
Software engineer, writer, speaker, and author.
Mario Augusto Martins is a software engineer with experience ranging from Senior Engineer to Staff Engineer and Technical Leadership roles. He currently works as a Senior Android Engineer at Just Eat Takeaway in the Netherlands.
I also write about software engineering, Android architecture, AI, computation, and consciousness. Outside technical writing, I published the literary fantasy novel Beneath the Old Tree.
Selected Work
Real-Time Magic: Architecting Features with SSE, Clean Architecture, and Flow
Technical article expanding the architecture behind scalable real-time Android features.
How to Do a Code Review (Even Without Context)
Practical guidance for reviewing code effectively even when the reviewer does not have full feature context.
PodInstall - Senior Android Engineer @ Just Eat Takeaway
Podcast conversation about Android engineering, career path, moving abroad, and technical community work.
From Mockito to Mockk
A practical Android-focused guide for developers moving from Mockito to MockK.
Android and iOS Case Study
Co-author of Um estudo de caso com análise comparativa entre plataformas para aplicações móveis aberta e proprietária: Android e iOS, published in the WTICGBASE proceedings during ERBASE 2013 in Aracaju, Brazil. The link leads to a reference listing; the original PDF is no longer available online.
MASCARENHAS JR, M. C.; MARTINS, M. A. M.; BULCÃO, L.; BRITO, J.; VIEIRA, V.; DURAN, A. A. Anais do WTICGBASE, ERBASE 2013, Aracaju.
OnAir Protocol
Co-author of OnAir: Protocolo de código aberto para distribuição e execução de aplicações móveis, published in the FREEBASE proceedings during ERBASE 2013 in Aracaju, Brazil. The original proceedings are not available online; the link leads to a co-author's academic profile listing the publication.
LIMA, C. A. N.; GONÇALVES, D. P.; SANCHES, H.; MASCARENHAS JUNIOR, M.; MARTINS, M. A. M.; VIEIRA, V. Anais do FREEBASE, ERBASE 2013, Aracaju.
We taught machines to think. But can they ever "be"?
A personal reflection on mathematics, computation, AI, consciousness, Gödel, and Turing.
Beneath the Old Tree
A literary fantasy story about grief, devotion, time, and the fragile courage of choosing someone fully.
Community Impact & References
Cited by later academic research
The 2013 Android/iOS case study was cited in later academic literature, including research on mobile operating systems and mHealth applications.
"Analysis of success and failure factors in the mobile operating systems market," Research, Society and Development, 2025. — View
"Língua Brasileira de Sinais: análise das tecnologias mHEALTH," Revista de Saúde Digital e Tecnologias Educacionais, 2022. — View
SSE and Kotlin Flows in Action — Droidcon Lisbon 2024
Talk by Yevhen Pekutovskyi referencing my Droidcon Berlin 2023 presentation and article on SSE with Clean Architecture and Kotlin Flow.
Android Weekly Issue #578
Android Weekly mention of the Clean SSEClient Flow article.
About
I have worked with Android since 2012, across startups, large-scale consumer products, and international engineering teams. My interests include mobile architecture, distributed systems, real-time updates, engineering quality, developer workflows, and the intersection between software, mathematics, AI, and philosophy.
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