November 2015

Web Apps

Why I Choose ClojureScript

I've found that I'm by far more productive with ClojureScript than any of the other languages or platforms I've experimented with.

UX/Design Tools

6 More Helpful Sketch Shortcuts

Sketch keyboard shortcuts including Change Alpha, Show/Hide Inspector, and how to custom-make a Collapse All Layer Groups shortcut.

Project & Team Management

Don’t Let Silos Ruin Your Software

Why to avoid horizontal and vertical silos – and what to do instead.

Development Practices

Why I Git Commit Too Much

5 ways that using small git commits with descriptive messages will make your life easier.

Web Apps

Safely Binding Unescaped Content in Web Applications

Understanding cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, when binding unescaped content is safe, and how to bypass warnings in Angular and Ember.

Project & Team Management

Sprint Retrospectives: The Cornerstone of Agile

Giving people the ability to raise concerns, develop a plan, and measure outcomes can be very empowering because it lets them own their problems.

Extracurricular Activities

Easy Networked Games with sim-sim-js

A short tutorial for getting started making awesome networked games in the browser with sim-sim-js!

Embedded Systems

Assembling Your Computer’s Brain, Byte by Byte

The bootloader is an amazing little piece of hardware-specific code that knows how to put together a sane world for your operating system to live in.

Personal Optimization

On Work and Compassion

When you don't understand someone's actions, respond with compassion – even at work.

Development Practices

Living Style Guides – Bring the Benefit of Devcards to Any App

Like devcards, a Living Style Guide can increase the bandwidth of feedback when developing, and make it easier for new developers to ramp in to the code.

News & Events

Atomic Games 2015 – Othello Challenge!

We held our first Atomic Games — a one-day programming competition where college students created boardgame AI's and competed for prizes.

Business Practices

A Model for Leaders of Leaders

Makers are smart, independent and have their own goals. Our tendency is to scatter. How can leaders keep us together and moving in any direction at all?