Session Details
Beyond the Keyboard: Reclaiming Idle Time for Developer Productivity
Modern developer machines are powerful—but underutilized. Between meetings, context switches, and breaks, they sit idle for hours each day, waiting for the next command. In this talk, I’ll introduce MDX Daemon, a lightweight background service we built to turn idle time into real productivity. I’ll share how we used it to boost Gradle configuration cache hit rates, reduce build times, and unlock proactive workflows—without changing how developers work. If you’ve ever said “we’d do this if we had time,” this talk is for you.
meet the speakers
Paul Hundal
Paul Hundal is a Software Engineer focused on Developer Experience at Square. With over a decade of experience building Android apps and tooling at scale, Paul specializes in improving developer workflows, performance, and infrastructure. He’s led initiatives around local build optimization, modularization strategies, and large-scale CI improvements. Paul is passionate about creating systems that let engineers move faster with confidence.
Shivang Shah
Shivang Shah is a software engineer on the Mobile Developer Experience team at Square. Shivang has 10 years of experience in Android development, with the last 3 years focused on DX domain. He specializes in build infrastructure, CI optimization, and tooling to improve developer productivity.