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Development Practices • Mar 15, 2019

How Note Taking Makes Me a Better Developer

How the practice of taking notes helps me solve problems as a developer. Plus a few tools that help me capture command-line interactions in my notes.

Personal Optimization • Mar 14, 2019

How I’m Getting a Business Education Without Going to B-School

What started out as an intriguing experiment has already helped me grow. The practices and tools I’m adding to my arsenal will serve me my entire career.

Project & Team Management • Mar 13, 2019

Starting a New Story? Run a Story Workshop to Bring your Team Together

Story workshops are a great addition to the Agile process. Take time to meet and answer the question, "What are we going to build?"

UX/Design Practices • Mar 12, 2019

Applying the Magic of “Tidying Up” to Software Design

Many of Marie Kondo's tidying methods are grounded in design thinking. Applying her methods to software design uncovers some exciting lessons.

DevOps & System Admin. • Mar 11, 2019

Getting More Space in Your VMware Fusion Windows Virtual Machine

If you're running out of space in your VMware Fusion Windows virtual machine, there's good news—it's relatively easy to get more space when you need it.

Extracurricular Activities • Mar 10, 2019

Getting into Open-Source Projects: Three Ways to Contribute

Open source doesn’t need to be scary. It doesn’t even need to be in the form of writing code. Here are thee different levels of contribution you can make.

Growing as Makers • Mar 09, 2019

Considering a Non-Technical Role? Think about these 6 Things

Exploring a non-technical role may seem scary, but there are a lot of advantages and opportunities to grow. And it doesn't have to last forever!

Development Practices • Mar 08, 2019

Confusing Your Pair? Draw them a Diagram

When I drew a diagram showing each object, their responsibilities were clear, and testing the classes became simple and straightforward.

Growing as Makers • Mar 07, 2019

The Two Most Important Software Development Skills Aren’t Technical

Over the course of my career, I've found two characteristics to be among the most important for software developers to thrive.

Developer Tools • Mar 06, 2019

Remote Pairing with Visual Studio Live Share

4 tips for using Visual Studio Live Share to make remote pair programming easier on your next project. It's a great tool for the job.

Choosing Your Team • Mar 05, 2019

Atomic 101: Our Sales Process – Setting Each Project Up for Success

During our sales conversations, we'll help you create an engagement model to compare different plans/schedules — finding the best use of your budget.

DevOps & System Admin. • Mar 04, 2019

The Case for Build Definitions as Code

Including build definitions in your code repository gives you cleaner build definitions, smoother workflows, and an easier path to building old code.