Atomic Spin

Culture • Oct 13, 2016

Mary O’Neill on Treating Employees Like Customers, Saying ‘No’ to the CEO, and Doing the Work that Needs to Be Done

Atomic's Mary O'Neill on treating employees like customers, saying “no” to the CEO, and doing the work that needs to be done.

iOS / OS X • Oct 12, 2016

Getting Auto Layout to Work in a UITableView

Even if you have no choice but to use UITableView, I’ve found it is usually possible to get it working with Auto Layout by following a few key steps.

Web Apps • Oct 11, 2016

Chaining HTTP Requests in Elm – An Example

To help the next developer who wants to chain HTTP requests together in Elm, I'm going to walk through an example in this post.

News & Events • Oct 10, 2016

Take a Photo Tour of Our New Grand Rapids Headquarters’ Makeover

Now that we have settled in, we want to give everyone a chance to explore the space—virtually. Check out our Atomic Object Virtual Tour.

News & Events • Oct 08, 2016

Jonah Bailey Steps into Managing Partner Role in Ann Arbor

We're thrilled to announce that Jonah Bailey is our new Managing Partner in Ann Arbor, joining John Fisher on the office’s management and leadership team.

Developer Tools • Oct 07, 2016

How RuboCop Made Me a Fan of Linters

RuboCop is a very fancy linter for Ruby. It reads your Ruby code and prints out a report about all the things you're doing "wrong."

Ruby on Rails • Oct 06, 2016

A Few Tips For Getting Started With Rails

A few issues that can arise when you get started creating models using Rails, along with some easy solutions to them that will save you time.

Web Apps • Oct 05, 2016

Elegant Form Validation Using React

My new approach to form validation of React components only requires a few lines of code, and the rules are specified in a declarative way.

Developer Tools • Oct 04, 2016

Rails, Active Record & Postgres – Optimizing Deletions

Active Record is a powerful tool, but there are occasions where letting the database handle work for us is the correct answer.

UX/Design Tools • Oct 03, 2016

Prototyping with AngularJS & Google Sheets

Prototyping with AngularJS and Google Sheets turns out to be a powerful and relatively simple way to get a working prototype up and running fast.

Personal Optimization • Oct 01, 2016

The Dos and Don’ts of Networking

Following these tips, networking can transition from a random set of encounters to an intentional path to further your own professional development.

UX/Design Practices • Sep 30, 2016

Deciphering User Experience/User Interface Terminology

As a designer, I use a lot of user experience terminology to explain rationale, methods, and concepts. I highlight the ones that create the most confusion.