Patrick Bacon on Atomic Spin

New to Pairing? Speak Up!

When you're new to a project and new to pair programming, you might think it's best to stay quiet and learn as much as you can. You're wrong—speak up!

DevOps & System Admin.

How (and Why) to Log Your Entire Bash History

An easy bit of Bash configuration that will log your bash history to dated log files so you can refer back to them at any point in the future.

Android Development

Espresso – Testing RecyclerViews at Specific Positions

Tips and tools for writing comprehensive Espresso tests for an interface that uses a RecyclerView on Android.

Android Development

Automating an Android Instrumentation Test Run

An example of how to script everything needed to run Android Instrumentation Tests from the command line.

Objective-C

ReactiveCocoa – Cleaning Up after replay, replayLast, and replayLazily

Using replay, replayLast, and replayLazily operators on an infinite signal leads to memory leaks if you're not careful. Be sure to clean up after yourself.

Objective-C

Objective-C Value Objects: Code Generation

A Ruby DSL and script for the code generation of Objective-C immutable Value Objects that use the Mantle library.

Objective-C

Simplifying Objective-C Value Objects with Mantle and the Builder Pattern

Creating easy-to-use Objective-C Value Objects using the Builder Pattern with immutable Mantle models.

Development Practices

What I Learned in 10 Years at a Software Consultancy

What is it like to work at a software consultancy like Atomic Object? I look back at my first 10 years at AO and discuss why it's such a good fit for me.

Java

Unsubscribing from an RxJava Observable Mid-Stream

How to use compose() and takeUntil() to unsubscribe from an input Observable before emitting a single value down stream.

Objective-C

Serialize Asynchronous Operations with ReactiveCocoa

An example of how to use ReactiveCocoa's map and concat operators to serialize a sequence of asynchronous operations.

iOS / OS X

Turn Any iOS Task into a Background Task with ReactiveCocoa’s RACSignal

An example of how ReactiveCocoa can be used to turn any task into a background task using a RACSignal that calls endBackgroundTask: when disposed of.

Objective-C

ReactiveCocoa Concepts for Asynchronous Libraries

Using ReactiveCocoa to create an interface to an asynchronous iOS framework or library.

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