DIY Server-Driven UI: Building Auto Trader's SDUI platform
July 21, 2025
41 min
Free
server-driven-ui
sdui
android-development
ios-development
kotlin
jetpack-compose
design-systems
dsl
api-versioning
state-management
kotlin-multiplatform
android
Description
Harriet Taylor and Jimmy Ray from Auto Trader discuss their journey building a Server-Driven UI (SDUI) platform from scratch. They detail the problems they faced with traditional mobile development, their exploration of different solutions, and the design and implementation of their 'composable' framework. The talk covers their approach to versioning, DSL development, handling dynamic UI and forms, and the retrospective of their four-year SDUI initiative, highlighting key learnings and future plans.