Atomic Spin

Web Apps • Apr 09, 2015

A Thin Slice of the Full Stack

A tour of a full-stack TDD web development workflow with Ruby on Rails and Ember.js.

.NET / WPF • Apr 08, 2015

Functional C# Application Composition, Part 1: Shortcomings of Single-Responsibility Objects

Composing C# applications with single-responsibility objects generates a lot of boilerplate.

UX/Design Techniques • Apr 07, 2015

Creating Image Overlays with CSS Multiple Backgrounds

CSS multiple backgrounds adds color overlay on top of a background image, all within the same element, without introducing any additional HTML.

Web Apps • Apr 06, 2015

Web Application Architecture from 10,000 Feet, Part 1 – Client-Side vs. Server-Side

A high-level overview of web app architecture, starting with the relationship between server-side code and client-side code, and how they work together.

Technical Practices • Apr 04, 2015

Atomic Glossary, Part 1 – Software Terms

Being a non-tech person working for a Software Development company, I hear a lot of things around the office that sound like another language.

Developer Tools • Apr 03, 2015

autoclave: A Pressure Cooker for Programs

autoclave applies prolonged heat and pressure to eliminate hard-to-reproduce bugs.

Growing as Makers • Apr 02, 2015

5 Reasons YOU Should Come to the 2015 Balanced Team Summit

Great minds from the software industry and beyond will gather to discuss collaboration, teamwork, design thinking, user research, and much, much more.

Ember.js • Apr 01, 2015

Improving UI Stability with Ember Data and ArrayProxy

Use Ember's ArrayProxy to improve the user experience on pages that include a list from a hasMany Ember Data relationship.

Java • Mar 30, 2015

Hooking up Custom Jersey Servlets in Dropwizard

A tutorial for hooking up a custom jersey servlet to a Dropwizard application.

Personal Optimization • Mar 29, 2015

Know Thyself: Identify & Understand your Personality Quirks

Work better with others by knowing your personality quirk triggers, how to deal with them, and how those quirks affect different people in different ways.

Embedded Systems • Mar 28, 2015

Optimize EEPROM Writes Across Pages

Optimize EEPROM/Flash writes across multiple pages, with multiple regions and handles wrap-around. I recently came up with an algorithm that handles this.

Growing as Makers • Mar 27, 2015

Your 1st Impression as a Development Candidate Is Your Writing

Good writing sends the message that you care about the recipient and that you care about quality — essential characteristics for good developers.