Micah Alles on Atomic Spin

Culture

Books on Leadership Recommended by Atomic Object Leaders

New to leading or managing? Here's a list of great books on leadership recommended by leaders at Atomic Object.

Growing as Makers

Want to Be a Better Manager? Read Lara Hogan

Lara Hogan helps managers lead with empathy, work inclusively, and become more effective using straightforward tools and concepts for managing people.

Developer Tools

Tools to Help You Diagnose Issues in a Linux Environment

These are a handful of tools to help you diagnose issues in a Linux environment. They're present in pretty much any Linux-based environment.

Workplace

Evaluating Remote-First Practices in a Hybrid Work Model

Organizations need to consider what practices from a remote-first approach will be necessary for a return to in-person work or a long-term hybrid model.

Project & Team Management

Developing a Better Understanding of Agile Teamwork

What is most special about the agile approach is how it frees a team to work how they think they should based on challenges they see on the ground.

Evolving the Industry

What it Was Like as a Developer at Atomic in 2002

We weren't trying to think up the next great experimental idea. Instead, we were looking to be the best practitioners we could be — taking good new ideas and refining them.

Development Practices

How to Tackle Ill-Defined Technical Work

Have you run into a technically-focused backlog item with little definition? Follow these four steps to manage expectations and find success.

Managing Your Team

How We Facilitate Remote Team Health Checks at Atomic Object

Team Health Checks help folks hear and understand one another's perspectives on how they're feeling about the team work environment.

Personal Optimization

Staying (Digitally) Safe During COVID-19 – Four Steps to Personal Cyber Security

Cyber threats and scams have escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are are some tips and advice on what you can do to stay secure.

Development Practices

The One Thing a Developer Can Do To Level Up Infrastructure Skills

The one thing I recommend a developer do to level up their infrastructure skills. Also, a couple of stories illustrating how far infra and ops have come.

Project & Team Management

Why Agile Adoption Fails (+ 8 Ways to Find Success)

Adopting an agile approach for software development? Here is a set of concrete pitfalls you can avoid as a leader in your organization.

Personal Optimization

Five Tools for Facilitating a Fair, Effective Internal Meeting

Bringing together smart people with diverse perspectives, great ideas, and strong opinions? Arm yourself with tools to keep everyone focused and on track.

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