Mattie Behrens on Atomic Spin

You Need More than REST for API Success

REST is a great framework for building APIs, but it doesn't cover everything you need for success. Consider what can go wrong and you'll do much better.

Developer Tools

Your Mocks Should Be Blowing Up

Your mocking library might be trying to make things easy for you by letting you use mocks without defining their behavior—but it's really sabotaging you.

Development Practices

Keep Your Product Owner in the Loop with Intermediate Deliverables

With intermediate deliverables, you can help your product owner really see the value you've delivered and evaluate it usefully against their requirements.

Project & Team Management

Three Ways to “Own It” on a Large, Distributed Team

It's so easy to say, "That's not my problem." But this builds animosity and further drives us apart when we should be working together.

.NET / WPF

Making Development with PowerShell More Hospitable

Make your Windows development experience more comfortable than the out-of-the-box experience using these PowerShell tools and configurations.

DevOps & System Admin.

Getting More Space in Your VMware Fusion Windows Virtual Machine

If you're running out of space in your VMware Fusion Windows virtual machine, there's good news—it's relatively easy to get more space when you need it.

Growing as Makers

My Long, Winding Journey to “Software Developer”

There's only one maker at Atomic without a college degree – me. It's been a long, strange road to where I am, but I'm thankful for the experience.

Developer Tools

Spawn Virtual Browsers Effortlessly with Firefox Containers

Firefox's container technology is extremely powerful. Learn how to use it to isolate websites, create virtual browsers at a click, and more.

Web Apps

A JavaScript Object that Dynamically Returns Unknown Properties

When our test fixture complexity was getting out of control, we went looking for a solution that could keep our tests running with less effort required on our part. The JavaScript

Web Apps

Setting Up Windows to Build and Run Node.js Applications

How we get our Windows command-line environments set up for the Node.js (actually, Electron) application my team is developing.

Culture

Feeling Pride at Atomic

What has touched me most has been the love and support I've received from several Atoms since coming out. These Atoms have made me feel more welcome as my real self than I know I w

Personal Optimization

Review: End-to-End Encrypted Notes with Standard Notes

My wishlist for note taking and journaling: multi-device, cloud-synced, end-to-end-encrypted, and open. Standard Notes feels like the kind of solution I'd engineer if I was calling

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