C# • Sep 05, 2025 The Entity Framework: WHERE IN vs. OPENJSON Problem Let's look at mitigations for slow queries caused by Entity Framework using OPENJSON instead of a basic WHERE IN clause for collections.
News & Events • Sep 04, 2025 Fraud Alert: Scammers Impersonating Atomic Object Fraud alert: We’ve been made aware of ongoing scams where individuals are impersonating Atomic Object and offering fake online jobs.
AI for Developers • Sep 03, 2025 5 Ways I Use AI as a Junior Developer By being intentional about how I use AI, I’ve found a workflow that helps me grow as a junior developer without skipping the hard parts.
Personal Optimization • Sep 02, 2025 Tame JIRA and GitHub Email Spam with Gmail Filters The sheer volume of messages often makes it impossible to spot truly important ones. Solution? Use Gmail filters so you only see what matters.
The Software Life • Aug 31, 2025 Why Programmers Should Do Their Own Taxes While the complexity of tax law might seem daunting, programmers possess exactly the skills needed to navigate tax preparation software.
Culture • Aug 30, 2025 Make Remote Work Human: Building Culture from a Distance Many projects are done with hybrid or remote teams, and that calls for fostering what’s always mattered most: human connection.
Culture • Aug 29, 2025 3 Reasons Celebrating Wins is More Than Just Fun When my software development team reached a major milestone, we formally celebrated it. Here are 3 reasons why celebrating wins is important.
Development Practices • Aug 28, 2025 Disposable vs. Durable Code: You Can’t Build Rome with Sticky Notes There’s a time for code that's quick, dirty, utterly disposable. Then there’s durable code you build for the long haul.
C# • Aug 27, 2025 Switch Statement Guide for C# C# has multiple different syntaxes for switch statements and expressions. Here is what they are and how to use them.
AI for Developers • Aug 26, 2025 Building an AI Agent with LangGraph At a recent event, I teamed up with a co-worker to build a simple AI-powered news aggregation agent using LangGraph.
TypeScript • Aug 25, 2025 Globally Manage Toast Notifications with Tanstack Query Tanstack Query is the modern go-to library for handling async data fetching and state management, and it's been widely adopted at Atomic.
Growing as Makers • Aug 24, 2025 Embrace Uncertainty: Tips for New Atoms Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to figure out a way to remain grounded throughout your journey of being new Atoms.