Drew Colthorp on Atomic Spin

Technical Debt vs. Opportunity Cost: Striking the Balance in Software Development Projects

Discover how to strike the perfect balance between technical debt and opportunity cost in software development projects.

Project & Team Management

How to Find Your Role on a Software Development Team

Working with your team lead to craft a role leveragubg your strengths and aligning with your interests can make your team more productive.

Growing as Makers

6 Developer Archetypes: Leverage Your Differences

We've recently begun to introduce "Developer Archetypes," a set of self-identified labels Atoms can use to radiate their strengths and interests.

Project & Team Management

Project Consulting Orientations: Navigating Change and Uncertainty

Project Consulting Orientation refers to how the team positions itself with respect to navigating the change and uncertainty inherent in the project.

Project & Team Management

The 10-Box Exercise: Where Estimate Rubber Hits the Calendar Road

The 10-box exercise is an agile planning tool that helps the team visualize the sprint schedule and account for how the actual calendar impacts delivery.

Project & Team Management

Compound Developer Time with Attention to Detail

Pay attention to the details and specifics. Make sure your specific X is actually good for your project, your client, and your team.

Project & Team Management

Use the Compounding Nature of Developer Time to Deliver Value

Developer time compounds like interest in a bank account. The better the team, the better the interest rate of investment in the team's software.

Planning Your Project

Great Software Requires Both Managing Risk and Exploiting Opportunities

Great software development projects require building a skill at identifying and exploiting opportunities while also managing risks.

Development Practices

A Code Smell Heuristic: Polluted by the Precipitant

Over the last few years, I’ve found myself leaning on a useful new code smell I’ve stumbled across, one I call being "Polluted by the Precipitant."

Personal Optimization

How a Design Thinking Exercise Solved a Chronic Note-taking Problem

TypeScript

Modeling Permissions as Types in Typescript

TypeScript makes it easy to eliminate potential sources of error. We’ve been using some simple techniques to do this with permissions checking.

Development Practices

6 Things to Consider when Adding a New Project Dependency

Dependencies are liabilities, and not all of them are worth the risk. The next time you're deciding whether to add one, ask yourself these six questions.

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