Patrick Pale on Atomic Spin

Culture

Mentorship: It’s Mostly About Being a Friend to Your Coworker

A recently-formed mentor-mentee relationship made me realize that so much of what made it successful was that I was a friend to my coworker.

Mock a DbContextFactory for Repository Unit Tests in .Net Core

In a .Net Core project, if you’re using the DbContextFactory class to create DbContext instances, you may run into problems.

Project & Team Management

A Quick Guide for Onboarding New Developers

Joining a team in the middle of a project can feel awkward, so I consider these things when faced with onboarding a new developer.

Project & Team Management

3 Tips for Developers Writing Backlog Items

It's one thing to execute backlog items and another to be the author of the backlog. Here are a few tips to write better backlog stories.

Personal Optimization

Set Up a Rule to Forward Meeting Invitations from Outlook

Recently I took advantage of a rules feature in Outlook. Here are the steps to forward meeting invitations from Outlook into Gmail.

Growing as Makers

Reflections on 5 Years as a Software Consultant

In the last two years, I’ve been part of a much larger team, on a single project, operating as a tech lead.

Project & Team Management

4 Practices That Helped Our Small Development Team Grow

Over the last year, my development team has doubled. These four practices can help any small development team grow into a larger one.

How I Use xUnit’s Theory to Test Switch Statement Expressions

Recently for a .NET Core project, I took advantage of xUnit’s Theory annotation so that I could avoid writing a Fact for every case in the switch statement.

Growing as Makers

Growing as a Developer by Teaching to Learn

It’s common knowledge that teaching something is a great way to reinforce your own understanding of it. That definitely has held true for me.

Growing as Makers

Using Professional Projects to Pursue Personal Goals

Communicating personal goals to my team allows me to strategize with them about how they can support me and how work on my goals can benefit the project.

Angular

Beginner Tips for Getting Started with Angular

Angular is a big framework and can be intimidating to jump into. These tips are for somebody just starting out with Angular projects.

Extracurricular Activities

Benefit of a Daily Dose of Wordle: Sharpen Your Problem-Solving Skills

Simply solving a small problem like Wordle is enough to kick off my day and motivate me to solve more problems throughout it.

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