Atomic Spin

UX/Design Techniques • Aug 20, 2015

Easy Design & Front-End Practices for Improving Accessibility

Five steps you can take to address common web accessibility problems.

Embedded Systems • Aug 19, 2015

5 Steps to Getting Started with Embedded Programing

"How do I learn embedded systems programming?" is like asking, "How do I learn development?" but in an alternate universe where 128k is still a lot of RAM.

Development Practices • Aug 18, 2015

You’ve Gotta Pick Up the Ducky

Rubber duck debugging helps you solve problems by identifying issues that are not apparent or increasing your understanding of a system.

iOS / OS X • Aug 17, 2015

Continuous Validation for Mobile User Interfaces in iOS

We can automate testing so that our iOS user interface looks the way we expect by taking a screenshot of every view and composing them into a document.

Objective-C • Aug 15, 2015

Objection Turns 4, Gets 1,000th Follower

Objection is a dependency injection framework for Objective-C that I wrote in one day 2011 while working on an iOS project.

Development Practices • Aug 14, 2015

Using Cookbook Documentation to Pass on Knowledge

Cookbook documentation organizes material into "recipes," simple practical problems along with a described solution and short code sample.

UX/Design Practices • Aug 13, 2015

Experiments in Building a Design Team Over Distance

We need to put the right people with the right skills on the right projects. So how do we leverage our poly-skilled team of six, separated by 100 miles?

Ember.js • Aug 12, 2015

Unorthodox Ember Data Models: A Resource By Any Other Identifier

A few heterodox ways of modeling a resource with Ember Data.

Development Practices • Aug 11, 2015

4 Steps Toward Better Code Quality

If a code base has a bunch of inconsistencies and quality problems, we will take that as the norm and continue the pattern.

DevOps & System Admin. • Aug 10, 2015

DNS Record History – A Tool for Restoring DNS Records

I created DNS Record History to track and store any changes to DNS records, which can be helpful for restoring lost DNS records.

Growing as Makers • Aug 09, 2015

How to Become a Software Designer – 5 Essential Skills

Software design is far more than visual design. It's about solving problems with empathy, experimentation, and inspiration.

Project & Team Management • Aug 08, 2015

Counting Cards Instead of Scoring User Stories

You're left with a board that with a simple glance can tell anyone how the sprint is progressing—no need to add up cards up in your head.