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Growing as Makers • Jan 25, 2019

You – Yes, You – Are a Consultant. Are You Making the Most of It?

A consultant is "a person who gives professional or expert advice." Do you have expertise that you draw from to advise others? That makes you a consultant.

DevOps & System Admin. • Jan 24, 2019

Handling an AWS NAT Gateway Implicit Dependency with Terraform

Terraform handles most dependencies automatically, but can miss implicit dependencies. Learn how to define an EC2 instance's dependence on a NAT Gateway.

UX/Design Techniques • Jan 22, 2019

Get More Value from “Hopes and Fears” with a Quadrant Map

Once you've mapped out your hopes and fears, evaluate (and then track) the fears as potential risks. Which are likely? Which are the most dangerous?

TypeScript • Jan 21, 2019

Type-Driven Development – Replacing Unit Tests with Types in Typescript

Unit tests are great. But on TypeScript projects, many of them can be replaced with explicit type definitions, easing your development cycle.

Personal Optimization • Jan 20, 2019

Reviving the Handwritten Thank-You Note: Tips, Tools, and a 4-Sentence Template

Be more grateful in 2019! Here are examples, a tracking tool, and a 4-sentence template to help you write the perfect thank-you note.

Developer Tools • Jan 19, 2019

Project-Specific Command Line Shortcuts with direnv

How to build a first-class automation toolset that’s ridiculously easy to use with direnv command line shortcuts. It helps me save focus and time every day.

Personal Optimization • Jan 18, 2019

Creating a Fast, Easy Daily Log with Bear & aText

Keeping a daily log can be tedious. Here's how I use Bear — plus shortcuts from text expander aText— to easily record everything I do during the day.

DevOps & System Admin. • Jan 17, 2019

Moving Task Groups to YAML Builds in Azure DevOps

Task groups in Azure DevOps Pipelines can be difficult to move to YAML builds. Here's my guide for making the transition smoothly.

Development Practices • Jan 15, 2019

Commit Messages – the Easiest Documentation You’ll Ever Write

Historical context for a codebase gets lost over time, and documentation gets outdated. Solve both problems by writing bits of documentation as you go.

Android Development • Jan 14, 2019

With Jetpack, Android Development Has Leapfrogged iOS

Google has been busy improving their dev tools, languages, and frameworks in the last couple years – creating a solid, well-thought-out framework.

Growing as Makers • Jan 13, 2019

My Long, Winding Journey to “Software Developer”

There's only one maker at Atomic without a college degree – me. It's been a long, strange road to where I am, but I'm thankful for the experience.

Growing as Makers • Jan 12, 2019

Looking for the Perfect Double Major or Minor to Go with CS? Try the Humanities

A humanities education will complement your career in software, and enable you to be part of where the software industry is going.