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Personal Optimization • Aug 07, 2021

Writing Custom Software: In Defense of Inefficiency

In creative work, it's vital to play and explore boundaries. Custom software doesn't get written efficiently because the programmer was a fast typist.

Workplace • Jul 14, 2021

Look at Your Workplace Culture, Not Its Remote Work Policy

When productivity, innovation, and/or equity and inclusion are suffering, look first to your workplace culture, not its remote work policy.

Development Practices • Jun 12, 2021

Using the Socratic Method in Pair Programming

Use the Socratic method in pair programming sessions to improve your understanding of your thought process, and grow a junior developer's skills.

Growing as Makers • May 31, 2021

Learn to Code: Make It Simple, Personal & Communal

Learning to code is simple but not easy. Good learning makes it stupid simple. It also makes it personal, and it makes it communal.

DevOps & System Admin. • Apr 27, 2021

Building a Full-Stack AWS Serverless Architecture, Part 1: Frontend Services

This is the first of a two-part series on considerations for architecting full-stack serverless mobile or web applications on AWS.

Exploratory Testing • Apr 03, 2021

What I Learned About Myself & My Software Testing Habits from Presenting to New Hires

During Q&A time, I got some good questions about how and why I test that I continued to think about afterward. Here are my answers.

Atomic Accelerator • Feb 05, 2021

Thanks for the Feedback – An Atomic Take

Giving or receiving feedback can be a difficult conversation, but knowing beforehand what kind of feedback is wanted can improve the discussion drastically.

Extracurricular Activities • Dec 05, 2020

What I Learned Running a Remote Programming Competition in 2020

Because of COVID-19, our annual in-office programming competition just wasn't an option this year, so we ran it remotely instead.

Personal Optimization • Nov 21, 2020

3 Ways to Understand & Adapt to Your New Company’s Culture

Understanding a new company culture can be challenging, especially remotely. I learned a few things on my travels that have helped me get to know Atomic's culture.

Personal Optimization • Nov 19, 2020

Developing a Growth Mindset when Receiving Feedback

Our biases can keep us from receiving feedback and thereby stunt our growth. We need to change our mindset from "that's wrong" to "tell me more."

Developer Tools • Nov 04, 2020

Screen – My Favorite Multi-Purpose Tool for Pair Programming

Stop bouncing between Zoom, Discord, Miro, and VSCode Live Share. Screen lets you move smoothly between pair programming, diagramming, and screen sharing.

Culture • May 14, 2020

Welcome New Remote Employees with a Personalized Video

A personalized welcome video is a great way to introduce temporarily remote employees to their new coworkers. We made ours using just Zoom and iMovie.