Patrick Bacon on Atomic Spin

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.

iOS / OS X

Automated iOS Retain Cycle Testing in Objective-C

A simple method of testing for iOS retain cycles / memory leaks in an automated test suite using Objective-C.

iOS / OS X

Git Pre-Commit Hooks and Specta’s Focused Examples

A Git pre-commit hook to prevent accidentally committing a Specta test suite with a focused examples (fit or fdescribe).

iOS / OS X

Exploring iOS Core Bluetooth: Read Requests

Logging and packet sniffing to learn more about how Core Bluetooth's readValueForCharacteristic method behaves.

Objective-C

Timeouts in ReactiveCocoa

Using the timeout:onScheduler operator in ReactiveCocoa to manage asynchronous, potentially long-running work.

Development Practices

Floating Point Numbers & Currency Rounding Errors

Even when you know you shouldn't use floats/doubles for currency, there are several many places that rounding errors can slip in.

Objective-C

Comparing replay, replayLast, and replayLazily

A comparison of ReactiveCocoa's replay, replayLast, and replayLazily convenience methods.

Functional Programming

ReactiveCocoa: Understanding switchToLatest

An example of using -map: and -switchToLatest: to subscribe to signals on a sequence of changing objects.

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