Atomic Spin

Developer Tools • Jul 19, 2013

Distributing Large Files Easily with Amazon S3

How I use Amazon's S3 to archive data and distribute large files to customers.

Personal Optimization • Jul 18, 2013

5 Ways to Increase Your Curiosity

I've recently been looking into how to increase my curiosity in order to improve engagement with clients and become a better maker.

iOS / OS X • Jul 17, 2013

Disable Hiding on your Mac OS App

While you should probably never, ever need to do this in your own project, I've decided to share how I went about making this work seamlessly.

Development Practices • Jul 14, 2013

A Beginning Developer’s Experience With TDD

TDD helps me understand what my code is doing, encourages me to learn new testing frameworks, helps me learn new languages, and helps me to be fearless.

Extracurricular Activities • Jul 13, 2013

Ham Radio Is Not Dead

An introduction to ham radio and how you can get into this fascinating and limitless hobby.

Embedded Systems • Jul 12, 2013

Localizing Strings in Objective-C

With ibtool and Localized String, you can have your application ready to be translated into a number of different languages in just a few steps.

.NET / WPF • Jul 10, 2013

Caching Data Transforms on IObservables

Describes a method of using IObservables which allows for efficient re-use of complicated transforms.

Development Practices • Jul 09, 2013

Test Driven Development: Resistance Is… Perplexing?

If you're resisting the switch to TDD, here are a few reasons to take another look: It's faster (no kidding!), higher quality, and far more flexible.

DevOps & System Admin. • Jul 08, 2013

Load Balancing and Reverse Proxying with Nginx, Updated

Nginx can be easily setup for load balancing and remote proxying for web applications. See a working implementation with explanations.

Personal Optimization • Jul 07, 2013

The Invisible Gorilla Is Smarter than You

Being aware of all these biases and how we think doesn't mean they can all be overcome, but being aware can help us get the System 2 part of our thinking and make sure we're not he

Development Practices • Jul 06, 2013

Why Code Design Requires Empathy

Good code design goes beyond simply mapping features to requirements. It also includes a human element.

UX/Design Tools • Jul 05, 2013

Using Image Trace to Produce Logo Concepts

I've discovered a new way to convert screenshots into vector graphics — allowing me to create logo concepts by playing with fonts before I buy them.