Jared Surato on Atomic Spin

Don’t Reinvent the Wheel or the Modal. Use React Native Reusables Instead.

React Native Reusables is a toolkit that lets you instantly add pre-built, customizable, and time-tested components to your React Native app.

Project & Team Management

Why We Skip Friday Standups (And Other Small Adjustments That Make a Big Difference)

Skipping Friday standups might sound like a minor change, but this and other small tweaks have made a big impact on my team's workflow.

Development Practices

Avoid These 3 Things When Working with Microservices

Microservices architecture promises numerous benefits: scalability, flexibility, and quicker deployments. Yet, navigating can be challenging.

Personal Optimization

Shifting Gears: Master the Art of Work-Life Balance in a Remote World

The transition from work mode to not work mode is vital to maintaining a healthy work-life balance, especially when working remotely.

Developer Tools

Thunder Client: A Great Alternative to Postman

Here are a few reasons to give Thunder Client a shot next time you need to set up a new collection of API requests for testing.

.NET / WPF

Trim Down Your Hairy HTML Templating Problems with Stubble.NET

Stubble.NET is a valuable addition to your .NET toolkit if you need to generate HTML templates with dynamic data.

Developer Tools

Vim is (Probably) Not the Right Tool for the Job

One of the most important plugins is the Vim plugin which brings all the powerful commands from Vim to your favorite code editor.

Developer Tools

Developers: Phind What You’re Looking for with This Search Engine

Artificial intelligence has reached your search engine in the form of an AI-powered search engine called Phind, targeted toward developers.

Developer Tools

Bracketeer: A VS Code Extension You Didn’t Know You Needed

Bracketeer is a VS Code extension that allows you to manipulate quotes and brackets with simple keystrokes.

The Software Life

Croissants and How to Detect AI-Generated Content with GLTR

GLTR helps you determine the uniqueness of a text by predicting how likely each word would be chosen based on the word preceding it.

Development Practices

Quit Working with the Same Person and Switch Up Your Pair

When it feels that the learning has slowed down, this is usually a good time to switch to a new pair. Or, switch at the completion of a story or task.

Developer Tools

Migrate Your Heroku PostgreSQL Database to AWS RDS

Over time, Heroku add-ons may not fit your needs. I’ll share how I was able to successfully complete a migration from Heroku PostgreSQL to RDS.

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