Bekah Cheek on Atomic Spin

5 Emojis that Help My Team Communicate More Efficiently 📝

Team communication is a challenge under any circumstances. If you and your team are remote, try using emojis to level up your team communication.

Project & Team Management

Joining a New Project? Eliminate the Unknowns

It's important to orient yourself as you get up to speed on a new project. Here are three ways to eliminate unknowns and steady yourself as you learn.

Personal Optimization

3 Ideas for Refocusing When Working from Home

Working from home presents different challenges than working in an office environment. Here are my favorite strategies for focusing while working from home.

Project & Team Management

How to Leverage Estimation Meetings when Onboarding Remotely

If you're onboarding a new teammate, don't miss the opportunity to use estimation meetings to help them grow. Here are a few tips for getting started.

Project & Team Management

Three Ways to Shake Up Agile Development with Design Thinking

Breathe new life into your team's routine with design thinking activities for common Agile tasks: prioritizing work, assigning work, and retrospectives.

Ember.js

Three Reasons to Switch to Angle Bracket Syntax in Ember Octane

Ember's new angle bracket syntax improves readability for rendering components in Handlebars templates. Here are three excellent reasons to make the switch.

Ember.js

When to Use Ember get() – A Guide

It's not always clear when to use Ember get() vs. when to use ES5 getters in your Ember application. Here are the rules I follow to make the decision easy.

Growing as Makers

Jumping into an Established Codebase as a Junior Developer

Joining a project with an established codebase is tricky. Check out these five techniques for finding sure footing in a new-to-you codebase.

Personal Optimization

Three Lessons Learned from Year One as a Professional

In my first year as a professional, I've learned important lessons about asking questions, using failure to grow, and recharging outside of work.

Growing as Makers

Four Tips for Attending Your First Professional Conference

I recently attended my first conference as a full-time developer. I had four takeaways that I plan to keep in mind for my next conference.

Ember.js

Substates – Adding Loading and Error Screens in Your Ember Application

Ember substates make it easy to tell your user if your application is loading data or has encountered an error. Read on to get started with substates.

DevOps & System Admin.

The Case for Build Definitions as Code

Including build definitions in your code repository gives you cleaner build definitions, smoother workflows, and an easier path to building old code.

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