Growing as Makers • Mar 16, 2026 What Is a Software Designer, and How Can You Become One? A software designer’s take on how to transition from traditional graphic design to working in software, including necessary hard + soft skills and more.
Game Development • Mar 15, 2026 Maintain Creative Control as a Solo Game Developer Using AI If the AI is generating the code, how does the developer keep technical and creative control of the project?
AI for Developers • Mar 14, 2026 First Principles Thinking and Why It Matters More in AI Aristotle gets credit for first principles thinking, but the concept is even more relevant now as we're building software with AI tools.
Marketing • Mar 13, 2026 Notion for Multi-Office Marketing Teams: Designing for Autonomy and Alignment When we built out Notion for our team, we were designing a structure that would support our multi-office marketing team.
Artificial Intelligence • Mar 12, 2026 Pros and Cons: Experiments with AI-Driven Development and Claude Code I've used Cursor for a while, but I jumped on the Claude Code hype train after hearing the powerful things teammates were using it for.
Artificial Intelligence • Mar 11, 2026 95% of AI Projects Fail. Here’s What That Number Really Means A study, AI in Business 2025, found 95% of generative AI pilots fail to deliver tangible or financial value. What does that really mean?
Development Practices • Mar 10, 2026 Survive Android Process Death With SavedStateHandle Understanding how memory works by leveraging savedStateHandle in Android applications make your app have a seamless user experience
Extracurricular Activities • Mar 09, 2026 Unified Theming on a Wayland Desktop – In 220 Lines of Bash During the COVID-19 pandemic, I spent too much time on my computer, leading to frustration with the lack of a unified theme system.
Culture • Mar 08, 2026 FAQs about the Atomic Experience: Being A Maker This FAQ is about the Atomic Experience. I'll discuss the work, the culture, and what growth looks like over time.
Exploratory Testing • Mar 07, 2026 Is It Blue, or Is It a Bug? Some cultures don’t have a distinct word for the color blue, considering it a shade of green. Identifying bugs can be a lot like that.
Growing as Makers • Mar 06, 2026 How to Manage Cognitive Load as a Developer When you're juggling features, bugs, code reviews, and meetings, you're just as bottlenecked by time as you are by cognitive load.
Effective communication • Mar 05, 2026 Don’t Hide Useful Conversations in Private Messages Conversations tend to disappear into a black hole on platforms like Slack. Having them in the open, wisely, can help everyone around them.
