Joe Chrysler on Atomic Spin

Your Brain is a Cache, Not a Database

I used to be anxious about my memory, but reframing my brain as a cache helped me worry less. If you’ve got memory anxiety, maybe this can help you too.

Development

How Pastries Collapse and Custom Software Projects Fail

I'd never say that you should never build any custom software. But you have to enter into custom software projects knowing the "custom" part will be risky.

.NET / WPF

How to Extract Data from a Legacy Visual FoxPro Application

If you’ve been challenged to extract data from a Visual FoxPro database, use this recipe to get a development environment up and running fast.

Culture

What Your More Experienced Programming Partner Learns from You

A lot of developers worry that they’re a drag on a more experienced programming partner. That couldn’t be farther from the truth.

Extracurricular Activities

Turn Your iPhone into a Webcam with Shortcuts and Camo

With about five minutes of work, you can turn your iPhone into a webcam. With about 10 minutes more work, and a sticker, you can even make it automatic.

React Native

Add Support for Split View and Slide Over to Your React Native App

If you’ve been trying to figure out why you can’t get your React Native app to work in Split View and Slide Over on iPad, here’s the solution.

Developer Tools

A Selective VPN for Mobile App Development

Send mobile app development traffic over your VPN without slowing down Zoom. Use the magic of Proxy Autoconfig files to take back control of your network.

Web Apps

Reading and Writing a Private Google Sheet Programmatically

Apps that use Google Sheets need to authenticate themselves to the API. I needed a non-human to prove that it was allowed to read/modify a private Google Sheet.

Developer Tools

Better Remote Pairing with Keycastr and Presentify

I’ve added a couple more tools to my belt when remote pairing — Presentify for screen scribbling and Keycastr for keystroke visualization.

Development Practices

What Does “Run the Tests” Mean? – How Shared Symbols Can Speed Up Team Communication & Reduce Errors

We explicitly define the phrases our team uses every day, then create scripts to carry them out. This frees up brain space and makes onboarding easier.

Developer Tools

Take Control of Your Multi-Browser Life with Choosy

Using a proxy to send some (but not all) of your traffic over a VPN? Choosy wil help you open all of your links in the right browsers and networks.

Extracurricular Activities

How to Keep Home Stuff off Your Work VPN while Social Distancing

Free up your VPN’s capacity for important business traffic and keep video calls lag-free by setting up a selective VPN that only handles work-related traffic.

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