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Brian Attwell is an engineer and inventor. Brian was one of the two inventors of the open-source RIBs framework.[1] and Nanoscope [2]. He has contributed to patents [3][4].

Mobile RIBs

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RIBs is the architecture framework for Uber's mobile apps [5]. After being open sourced, 76 companies declared they used RIBs to build their apps, including Tinder and Life360 [6].

Nanoscope

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Nanoscope is an android method tracing tool with far lower overhead than Android's built in profiler. It's low overhead was achieved by rewriting part of the Android Open Source project[7][8]. Nanoscope was the technology behind the founding of mobile.dev [9]. The seed round for mobile.dev was $3M [10]

  1. ^ "RIBs Contributors". GitHub. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  2. ^ "[Uber Mobility] Profiler Performance - Brian Attwell". Uber Mobility. March 1, 2018.
  3. ^ "Work distribution service". Google Patents. Feb 20, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  4. ^ "Dynamic display adjustment based on ambient conditions". Google Patents. April 22, 2014. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  5. ^ Ketan Varshneya (Jan 5, 2024). "Uber RIBs Decoded: Dive into the Architecture behind Seamless App Experience in Uber".
  6. ^ "Companies that use RIBs". TheirStack. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  7. ^ "Introducing Nanoscope: An Extremely Accurate Method Tracing Tool for Android". Uber Tech Blog. April 30, 2018.
  8. ^ Leland Takamine. "Nanoscope: An Open Source High Performance Method Tracer". YouTube.
  9. ^ Leland Takamine (9 November 2021). "Open Source Startup Podcast E11: Leland Takamine".
  10. ^ Ron Miller (July 14, 2021). "Mobile.dev launches with $3M seed to catch app issues pre-production".