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Product Development • Dec 30, 2021

Why Hypothesis Mindset Matters in Product Development – Part 4: Tuning into the Customer’s Voice

When time and budget are especially constrained, teams can still channel the customer’s voice into what they build through adopting a hypothesis mindset.

Product Development • Dec 29, 2021

The Value of Hypothesis Mindset in Product Development – Part 3: You’ll Develop Features That Get Used

Adopting a hypothesis mindset on product teams can mitigate the risk of wasted money developing features that don’t get used.

Product Development • Dec 28, 2021

Hypothesis Mindset in Product Development – Part 2: It Keeps the Customer Front and Center

Having a hypothesis mindset includes having someone on the product team spend a tremendous amount of time talking to and empathizing with the customer.

Product Development • Dec 27, 2021

Why Hypothesis Mindset Matters in Product Development – Part 1

Product development teams need to think in terms of testable statements. Adopt a hypothesis mindset to avoid common pitfalls I see with clients.

Atomic Accelerator • Dec 26, 2021

An Atomic Accelerator Recruiting Retrospective for 2021

I’d like to share some insights and lessons from the most recent recruiting season at Atomic Object that I hope will be valuable in the years ahead.

Angular • Dec 23, 2021

3 Ways to Improve Your Next Angular Project

I'm not thrilled to work with Angular instead of React, but on an Angular project, I use a few methods to improve the development experience.

Personal Optimization • Dec 22, 2021

Suffering from Lack of Focus? 3 Tips to Get You Back on Track

A new environment or working at a different time than usual can be the kind of change that will address your lack of focus.

Web Apps • Dec 21, 2021

Running End to End Cypress in a Google Cloud Build Pipeline

Here's the next installment of our series on adding end-to-end Cypress to a web app, discussing how we ran tests in a Google Cloud Build test pipeline.

Developer Tools • Dec 20, 2021

Securing an API Gateway Using AWS IAM

For user access, AWS Cognito is a good choice for authentication and authorization. But when only machines are involved, AWS IAM may be a better fit.

Personal Optimization • Dec 19, 2021

Make a Morning Routine for Your Desktop!

Having an organized desktop each day helps me move quickly from application to application and lets me focus on the more important parts of my job.

Extracurricular Activities, UX & Design • Dec 18, 2021

Get Inspired! Design Conferences in 2022

If you’re ready to venture back into the conference world, buckle up. Here's a list of design conferences I'm looking forward to in 2022.

Web Apps • Dec 17, 2021

Adding End to End Cypress to a Web Project Part 3: Getting Set Up with Cypress & Seeding the Database Between Tests

This post will cover the basics of getting Cypress installed and ready to go, writing a placeholder test, and resetting the test database between tests.