Ryan Abel on Atomic Spin

Three Ways to Improve Your Client Communication

Good communication is the cornerstone of success as a consultant — communication builds client trust, which brings more decision-making power and a better relationship.

Project & Team Management

Three Ways To Empower Your Team as a Senior Developer

It's easy for senior devs to become the entire voice of their team and make teammates feel unappreciated. Here are 3 ways I've found to counteract that.

Development Practices

Making Your System Tests More Readable

When system tests are written well, they can be a source of documentation and a tool to show others how the app should behave.

Ember.js

Twitch Single Sign-On with Ember Simple Auth

How I used an Ember Simple Auth custom authenticator to implement SSO (Single Sign-On) with Twitch.

Technical Practices

Three Reasons To Keep Your Frameworks Up To Date

Framework updates can require significant rework and expense. Nevertheless, the benefits of keeping technologies up-to-date greatly outweighs the costs.

Ruby on Rails

How to Set Up a Rails SAML Identity Provider

A walk through of how to set up and configure your Rails application as a SAML IdP.

Developer Tools

Four Steps To Maintaining a Clean Git History

A clean Git history is easy to understand and tells a story about the project. It's evident when features were added and how they were implemented.

Extracurricular Activities

4 Ways to Stay Motivated on Your Side Project

We all have them: once-great ideas gathering dust in a GitHub repository somewhere. Here are 4 ways to make sure your next project sees the light of day.

Developer Tools

Homebrew: Switching Keg Versions

Homebrew lets you install and maintain system libraries. Here's how to use the switch command to switch between keg versions in Homebrew.

Ruby on Rails

Adding Google Charts to your Active Admin Application

It's surprisingly easy to use and extend Active Admin. Adding charts to custom Active Admin views is an example of what it can do. Here's how.

Developer Tools

Rails, Active Record & Postgres – Optimizing Deletions

Active Record is a powerful tool, but there are occasions where letting the database handle work for us is the correct answer.

Development Practices

Four Tips To Keep Refactoring Efficient

Four tips for efficient refactoring: have good test coverage, refactor on a main branch, keep tests green often, remember your purpose.

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