Atomic Spin

Ruby on Rails • Aug 22, 2011

Nested Backbone Models

When mapping a Backbone Model directly to a Rails model, it is common that you may want to have a nested or associated model.

Embedded Systems • Aug 20, 2011

Cross-Compiling Ruby using LTIB

Cross-Compiling Ruby using Linux Target Image Builder (LTIB) for embedded computers.

Extracurricular Activities • Aug 18, 2011

How to Replace your iPhone 3G/3GS Glass, Digitizer, and/or LCD

After about 3 years of dropping my iPhone 3G on various occasions, a drop onto the tile floor at Atomic HQ did her in. Here are the trials and tribulations to bringing the thing ba

Ruby • Aug 12, 2011

How to Click Text Using Capybara and Cucumber

If you want to click text using Capybara, you could use find() and pass it :text hash as the last argument.

Mobile Apps • Aug 11, 2011

Getting Started with jQuery Mobile

Get a handle on the basics of jQuery mobile. Learn a little on how to make the navigation and general look of a mobile web app look like a native app.

Project & Team Management • Aug 11, 2011

The Benefits of Poly-Skilled, Co-Located Project Teams

This year we implemented a new practice: designers, instead of sitting all together in a group, sit co-located with the developers on their project.

Creating a Lean Startup • Aug 10, 2011

What We Expect Startups to Know

While there's no magic formula for startup success, there are some basic things we look for in projects we take on as vendors or investors. Ignoring thees things will almost certai

Embedded Systems • Aug 09, 2011

Needed: A Better Language for Embedded Systems Programming

The C programming language is currently the accepted industry standard for embedded programming. Fortunately, there are a few possible alternatives.

DevOps & System Admin. • Aug 08, 2011

Remote mysqldump without Temp Files

A description of using pipes with ssh in a way that allows the results of mysqldump on a remote machine to be stored locally without creating a temporary file.

Developer Tools • Aug 07, 2011

Atomic Vim

Atomic Vim provides all the benefits of vim with some of the best features of TextMate by assembling and customizing some of the best vim plugins.

Software Science • Aug 05, 2011

The UDP Firewall Punching Technique Explored

A proof-of-concept Java client and server to illustrate the UDP firewall punching technique used by Skype and similar programs.

Project & Team Management • Jul 27, 2011

Atomic Burn Charts

Creating a burn chart for data drive agile project management.