Atomic Spin

Python • Jan 02, 2015

Python Environment Management for Rubyists – a Guide

A crash course in setting up Python, using some of the Python community's excellent utilities for managing environments and dependencies.

Project & Team Management • Dec 31, 2014

Agile + Scrum = More Effective Iteration Meetings

Agile iteration meetings often fall prey to unproductive activities and lack of focus. Scrum practices can make meetings more structured and effective.

Objective-C • Dec 30, 2014

Method Swizzling in Objective-C

Method swizzling is the act of swapping the implementations of two selectors as an Objective C program runs, similar to monkey patching.

Swift • Dec 29, 2014

iOS SpriteKit Physics Tutorial in Swift

In this post I'll cover some major features of SpriteKit's sprite rendering and physics engine by implementing a small iOS game.

Web Apps • Dec 28, 2014

Trace Writes inside Selenium Tests

Selenium-driven integration tests are useful, but can be challenging to debug. Here's a simple way to log trace writes right into your test runner.

Developer Tools • Dec 26, 2014

Stow Your Dotfiles – GNU Stow for Managing Symlinks

GNU Stow is a valuable tool for organizing your dotfiles.

Embedded Systems • Dec 23, 2014

Getting ROS Indigo Running on OSX Yosemite

I wanted a ROS system in my native OSX environment. I eventually managed to get it working, but it was not an easy task.

Objective-C • Dec 22, 2014

ReactiveCocoa and the flattenMap Operator

One of my favorite ReactiveCocoa operators is flattenMap, and there are a two times I leverage it: incremental loading and mapping bad values to errors

iOS / OS X • Dec 21, 2014

Git Pre-Commit Hooks and Specta’s Focused Examples

A Git pre-commit hook to prevent accidentally committing a Specta test suite with a focused examples (fit or fdescribe).

Extracurricular Activities • Dec 20, 2014

Things I Learned while Pairing on odo

I recently had the opportunity to pair with Scott Vokes on a side project. In a few short hours of pairing, I learned a lot more than I expected.

Software Science • Dec 19, 2014

Understanding Macros and Code as Data

You've probably heard the phrase "code as data" before. It's actually a fairly simple concept and can be used to build powerful abstractions in your code.

Growing as Makers • Dec 18, 2014

Yer a Developer, Harry

Software engineering is the closest I could come to fulfilling my lifelong dream of becoming a wizard.