Nathan Papes on Atomic Spin

AI for Developers

A Pragmatic Look at Web Scraping, Open Source, and LLM-Assisted Development

My Mrln project serves as an example of a few ethical topics related to creators, AI labs, and LLM-assisted development.

AWS

Web apps often have rich front ends and lean back ends, leading to more dynamic, developer-friendly tools. SST v3 is one such tool.

AWS

Upgrade database with AWS RDS going from Aurora MySQL 5.7 to 8.0 using Blue/Green deployment. No downtime. No more RDS Extended Support.

In a recent software project, we saw a big drop in the web app's performance. Here are the strategies we used to improve query performance.

Growing as Makers

Preferring simplicity over complexity and being a great communicator are traits I've observed from effective software consultants.

Golang

In 2024, there's been a lot of hype around Golang. I felt inspired to try it out and write a program in this language.

DevOps & System Admin.

The dependency management in Docker Compose, particularly with the depends_on attribute, isn't a silver bullet.

Project & Team Management

As a tech lead on my project, I witnessed the transformative power of the feature captain role. Here's how our team benefits.

DevOps & System Admin.

I wrote a simple dexec script to make running commands through Docker containers less clunky. I'll show you what dexec is and how to use it!

TypeScript

Observables are new to me and may be to you, too. Here, I’ll walk you through what I learned from building a stoplight using observables.

Personal Optimization

Last year I added GitHub Copilot to my daily toolbelt for work. Here are a few of the ways it enhances my experience as a developer.

Ruby on Rails

This setup will switch the database connection when the Cypress tests are running so it won't muddy up the data in other database environments.