Dylan Goings at Atomic Spin

3 Vital Tips for Students for a Successful Virtual Career Fair

Virtual career fairs are valuable for both students and employers. But these virtual events have distinct differences from traditional career fairs.

Personal Optimization

Writing Custom Software: In Defense of Inefficiency

In creative work, it's vital to play and explore boundaries. Custom software doesn't get written efficiently because the programmer was a fast typist.

Developer Tools

Using Docker as a Dev Environment with VS Code: Part 2

Today, I’m going to explore a strategy for using VS Code Remote-Containers and Docker Compose to develop a complex project.

Developer Tools

Using Docker as a Dev Environment with VS Code: Part 1

In this two-part series, I'll go over developing in Docker, not just for build targets but for actively writing code on your projects.

Web Apps

It’s 2021, and You Should Switch to Yarn 2

On its initial release, taking a wait-and-see approach with Yarn 2 may have been the correct call, but in 2021, it's time to reconsider that decision.

Extracurricular Activities

What I Learned Running a Remote Programming Competition in 2020

Because of COVID-19, our annual in-office programming competition just wasn't an option this year, so we ran it remotely instead.

Atomic Accelerator

Reading Making Work Visible with the Atomic Accelerator

DeGrandis's "Making Work Visible" is an excellent intro for teams that haven't yet embraced the sticky notes, swimlanes, and story estimation lifestyle.

Workplace

Finding Remote Work Inspiration from Sudoku

What can we gain from this time of new forced constraints that we can continue to benefit from even when those constraints are gone?

Culture

Welcome New Remote Employees with a Personalized Video

A personalized welcome video is a great way to introduce temporarily remote employees to their new coworkers. We made ours using just Zoom and iMovie.

Business Practices

Creating an Equitable, Respectful, Values-Based Hiring Process

When I started out with the project of restructuring our hiring process for software developers, I laid out four goals for the end result.

Evolving the Industry

Kick out the JAMstack: A Reading List for Beginners

If you're unfamiliar with the phrase "JAMstack" or are trying to wrap your head around it, here's my list of reading materials to get you started.

Evolving the Industry

OK, Boomer – Musings From a Software Developer

In terms of my career in software development, I am the Boomer generation. What strong opinions about development am I holding that I may need to let go?

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