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Project & Team Management • Feb 20, 2020

My Five New Backlog Management Habits for 2020

When a team works on a small, manageable backlog, they feel more accomplishment and progress. So keep your backlog light and up-to-date!

Web Apps • Feb 19, 2020

Scrollable Grid with Just-in-Time Data Loading – Part 1: Using React Window

React-window's infinite loader provides a loader to fetch data in batches, and react-window supplies UI components that render a windowed chunk of rows.

Development Practices • Feb 18, 2020

Don’t Repeat Yourself, but Sometimes Repeat Yourself

Repetition in itself is not the enemy that the DRY principle makes it out to be. Removing false duplication can create more problems than it solves.

Project & Team Management • Feb 17, 2020

Dissent Is Inevitable. How Can we Make it Constructive?

Disagreement and challenge can lead to more robust performance and team unity. Leaders should expect this and be able to respond to it appropriately.

Developer Tools • Feb 16, 2020

Visualizing Data with Vega-Lite

Have you ever wanted to chart data without coercing it into a spreadsheet? Or interact with multiple visualizations at once? Try Vega-Lite.

The Software Life • Feb 15, 2020

Atomic Welcomes a Delivery Lead, Marketing Specialist & Developer

This Fall, Atomic gained a Delivery Lead, Marketing Specialist, and Developer. They share what it's like to work at Atomic.

Growing as Makers • Feb 14, 2020

Atomic Tech Lead 2020 Learning Interests

What happens when the tech leads at Atomic get together to share professional development interests and brainstorm opportunities for 2020?

Developer Tools • Feb 13, 2020

Command Line Fuzzy Find with fzf

With a few integrations and customizations, Fzf can help you bring fuzzy find to the command line and every part of your workflow.

Ember.js • Feb 12, 2020

Three Reasons to Switch to Angle Bracket Syntax in Ember Octane

Ember's new angle bracket syntax improves readability for rendering components in Handlebars templates. Here are three excellent reasons to make the switch.

Development Practices • Feb 11, 2020

How to Develop Alone (without Making an Enormous Mess)

Force yourself to step back and look at the bigger picture from time to time. If you can’t get other people’s perspectives, try to get some distance.

Developer Tools • Feb 10, 2020

A Beginners Guide to htop for Process Management

htop's color-coded display makes it easy to understand system status at a glance and gives you the power to manage processes with a single keystroke.

Growing as Makers • Feb 09, 2020

Professional Development Goals for Grumpy Old Developers

It can be challenging to come up with meaningful professional development goals as you get further into your career. Here are three tips to help!