Atomic Spin

DevOps & System Admin. • Apr 19, 2013

Using Vagrant AWS with Capistrano

In switching my Vagrant workflow from VirtualBox to AWS, I ran into a problem; and in solving it, I discovered a better way to integrate Vagrant with Capistrano.

Embedded Systems • Apr 17, 2013

Adventures in Undefined Behavior

Instability in my embedded project was caused by non-thread-safe memory allocation functions (e.g. malloc), so I replaced them. Here's what I learned.

C & C++ • Apr 16, 2013

Working with Custom Return Values in GoogleMock

Tips for setting return values in GoogleMock expectations.

Development Practices • Apr 15, 2013

Pair Programming Is Built on Crucial Conversations

If the book Extreme Programming Explained is "how we roll," then the book Crucial Conversations is, "why we can" at Atomic.

Ember.js • Apr 14, 2013

Effortless Abstraction with Ember.js

It's amazing how easy it is to build sophisticated apps with Ember. This post explores one feature of Ember that enables this: pervasive data binding.

Project & Team Management • Apr 12, 2013

Tear Down the Walls! (part deux): Reorganizing Teams Around Epics

Development teams are often hindered by boundaries that exist between teams. Reorganizing teams around epics can help shatter these walls of ownership.

Developer Tools • Apr 11, 2013

An Introduction to Scripting Tmux Key Bindings

Scripting Tmux is a very powerful addition to your command line toolset. Here's how to add a Tmux key binding to open the file name under the cursor.

UX/Design Techniques • Apr 10, 2013

Test(ing) Kitchen: Assembling the Ingredients for Your Next Usability Test

In usability testing, you put together some great ingredients, follow the necessary steps carefully, and – voila! – a greater design emerges.

Culture • Apr 09, 2013

Sustainability at Atomic Object

There are many different definitions of and measurements for sustainability. At Atomic, it includes our community, workplace, and businesses practices.

Business Practices • Apr 08, 2013

Cross-pollinating Innovation Across the Organization

Frameworks that foster cross-pollination of ideas are a better means of spreading knowledge and innovation across an organization than top-down policy definition.

Developer Tools • Apr 05, 2013

Why Mou Is My New Note-Taking App

Taking good notes is important, and Mou (a Mac OS app that makes it easy to write Markdown) makes a great note-taking tool.

Functional Programming • Apr 03, 2013

How I Got Started with Haskell

The community was a huge motivating force behind helping me actually learn Haskell. I am very thankthful to the people who taugh me, even more than for the things they wrote.