Atomic Spin

DevOps & System Admin. • Dec 06, 2017

Formatting AWS CloudFront and ELB Logs for Easy Review

AWS CloudFront & Elastic Load Balancers access logs are essential for diagnostics. I wrote a few scripts format these logs and make them much more useful.

Development Practices • Dec 05, 2017

Five Build Commands to Make Project Onboarding Faster & Easier

New team members should be able to jump in and run your project in 10 minutes, flat. So the next time you start a new project, write your Makefile first.

Web Apps • Dec 04, 2017

Testing React App SEO using Fetch as Google

How to use Fetch as Google to test the SEO visibility of a single-page app written in React, plus a few experiments.

Growing as Makers • Dec 03, 2017

Opening Up at Work – Lessons Learned from a Month of Being My Whole Self

There is a lot to be gained from telling people that you care, and little to be lost. So I’ve been testing a new guideline: Don’t hold back the good things.

Developer Tools • Dec 02, 2017

Exporting Application Data for Business Users? Use XLSX, Not CSV

When you analyze the tradeoffs, there really isn’t any category that CSV actually wins in. CSVs simply have several inherent problems.

Project & Team Management • Dec 01, 2017

5 Ways to Highlight the Value of Your Development Team

A lot of the awesome work developers do is not self-evident to project stakeholders. Here are five tips to improve the visibility of your team's value.

Planning Your Project • Nov 29, 2017

Choosing the Right Mobile Technology – Native, Cross-Platform, or Responsive Web

Choosing the right mobile platform or technology is essential. Do you go native with iOS or Android? A responsive web app? Cross-platform tools like Xamrin?

Development Practices • Nov 28, 2017

Six Strategies to Spend Less Time Debugging

Sometimes time pressures require a shot-in-the-dark solution. But your codebase will be healthier if you understand the root cause of the issue.

C & C++ • Nov 27, 2017

Cedux: Experimenting with the Redux Model in C

Redux is Javascript library with tools to help developers better manage state. I wanted a similar tool for C, so I wrote Cedux!

Growing as Makers • Nov 26, 2017

When to Stop Learning New Programming Languages

Knowing which languages to learn is a version of the Multi-Armed Bandit Problem. The answer is an ongoing cycle of exploration and exploitation.

News & Events • Nov 25, 2017

Atomic Welcomes Two Designers and a Developer

Since August, Atomic's offices have gained 2 designers and a developer. I asked each of them to tell me about themselves and their new roles.

Exploratory Testing • Nov 24, 2017

Using Game Titles to Estimate Testing Scope

We came up with a number of different sized "buckets" for testing projects of different size and complexity, named after video games.