Atomic Spin

Project & Team Management • Aug 21, 2019

Align Agile Story Execution to Business Value with Strategy Soundbites

Before you start on a software feature, follow these steps to identify the right approach. It's a lightweight but high-value activity.

React Native • Aug 20, 2019

UI Testing Web Views in a React Native App with Appium

Appium is a useful framework for testing web apps because it lets us test web apps that are embedded into web views within a React Native app.

Web Apps • Aug 19, 2019

Recursion in the Real World – Using Recursive Algorithms in Web Dev

Recursion isn't just useful in algorithms class. We use it for things like parsing spaces off an object and defining types in Typescript, querying info about nester hierarchies in

Growing as Makers • Aug 18, 2019

Dungeon Master Skills You Can Bring to Work #2 – Deliberation

The more opportunities you provide a team to participate in the decision-making process, the more they will buy into the determined course of action.

Exploratory Testing • Aug 17, 2019

More Ways to Test – Bugs Don’t Take Vacations

Only one of these scenarios resulted in the loss of a customer, but it was a reminder of how connected systems are these days, and how many types of interactions (and types of fail

Growing as Makers • Aug 16, 2019

Four Reasons to Attend a Specific Conference as a Generalist

There’s a lot that a generalist developer can learn at a more tech-specific conference like Chain React, and here are a few of the reasons why.

Functional Programming • Aug 15, 2019

Functional Primer, Part 1 – What Is Functional Programming?

Wondering if some code is functional? Ask yourself, "Does the code rely only on arguments that are explicitly passed to it?"

Project & Team Management • Aug 14, 2019

The User Story Pipeline: A Visual To Guide the Agile Process

On complex Agile projects, defining and refining user stories takes is a lot of work. The user story pipeline helps you visualize this process.

Development Practices • Aug 13, 2019

The Hazards of Transactional Test Isolation

Although using database transactions to isolate your test suite is appealing, there are some important caveats to consider.

DevOps & System Admin. • Aug 12, 2019

CircleCI – Running Parallel iOS Test Jobs with Workflows

Setting up CI for iOS apps is difficult, but with a little help from Workflows on CircleCI you can easily run multiple iOS test jobs in parallel.

Growing as Makers • Aug 11, 2019

Dungeon Master Skills You Can Bring to Work #1 – Inclusion

The more space you can give a team to float ideas and discuss differing viewpoints, the more creative and productive they can be.

Growing as Makers • Aug 10, 2019

The 12 Stages of a Hero’s Journey: The Non-Traditional Developer

If you are thinking of changing your career and becoming a developer, realize that the journey is not completed without fighting some battles.