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< Blog Home C-19 Update Atomic Object Services Portfolio Team Culture Contact Services Portfolio Team Culture C-19 Update Blog Contact Services Portfolio Team Culture C-19 Update Blog Contact Atomic Object’s blog on everything we find fascinating. How to Create a Cohesive Conceptual Model from Diverse Mental Models A successful software application needs one united conceptual model. But bringing together different mental models and turning them into a cohesive experience is a significant design challenge. Where should the application maintain divergence, and where should it unify similar concepts? Where do we (as a product team) aim to meet expectations, and where do we […] Posted on July 13, 2020 by Jason Porritt in UX/Design Practices Leave a comment by Jason Porritt on 2020.07.13 Self-Hosting Your Own Cloud – Part 8: Monitoring Your Internet Traffic with ntopng Recently, I discovered that a family member’s device on my home network had been DNS-hijacked. This was only brought to my attention because some sites on that machine were resolving to fraudulent servers. This made me concerned about what the other devices on my network may be up to. I decided to do some research […] Posted on July 12, 2020 by Jordan Nelson in Extracurricular Activities Leave a comment by Jordan Nelson on 2020.07.12 Search for: Topics Atomic Thinking Resources for Clients Project & Team Management UX & Design Development Platforms & Languages The Software Life Miscellaneous About Us Atomic creates custom software products that help our clients transform the status quo. We bring ideas to life—from planning to implementation—across web, mobile, desktop, and devices. Combining Maps of Iterables in Scala Without Replacing on Key Conflict What’s a way of combining Maps of Iterables without losing information? In Scala, it’s common to combine or concatenate Iterables, usually something like this: val a = Vector(1, 2, 3) val b = Vector(4, 5, 6) val c = a ++ b This takes Vector a and concatenates it with Vector b. The resulting Vector […] Tagged: scala maps Posted on July 11, 2020 by Kory Dondzila in Functional Programming Leave a comment by Kory Dondzila on 2020.07.11 Business Development in a Coronavirus World The focus of my work over the past few months has been business development. Our company is growing into a new geography, and it’s my responsibility to ensure that our team there will have work to do. That’s no small challenge, even in a world without coronavirus. But once the virus hit here in the […] Posted on July 10, 2020 by Jordan Schaenzle in Growing as Makers Leave a comment by Jordan Schaenzle on 2020.07.10 A Guide to Surviving Burnout, Part 1 – Learn to Identify Burnout As an infinitely curious person with a (sometimes not) healthy dose of perfectionism, I often find myself taking on a bit too much. This eventually leads to a feeling of burnout. Over the years, I’ve learned that I’m not alone. In fact, in a recent Gallup study, 44% of people reported feeling burned out sometimes. […] Posted on July 9, 2020 by Sarah Brockett in Personal Optimization Leave a comment by Sarah Brockett on 2020.07.09 6 Concerns that Documentation Should Address I want the code I write to be as easy to follow as possible, and proper documentation is key to accomplishing that. Documentation’s role isn’t to give a full explanation of what the code is doing. Instead, it’s a tool for setting up context. It should give other developers the confidence to move through the […] Posted on July 8, 2020 by Andy Peterson in Development Practices Leave a comment by Andy Peterson on 2020.07.08 Long-Term Agile Planning Is Possible! On an agile software project, we readjust plans daily. We pivot to respond to change, discovery, and feedback. Product owners and stakeholders, on the other hand, focus on longer-term planning — defining product roadmaps, release dates, and milestones. As a Delivery Lead, I have the challenge of balancing planning needs for the entire team. Fortunately, […] Tagged: agile project management agile Posted on July 7, 2020 by Kaitlin Diemer in Project & Team Management Leave a comment by Kaitlin Diemer on 2020.07.07 How to Test Storybook with Cypress Storybook can be really useful for a team developing a web app. But like any software, it’s prone to rot when left untested. On my current project, I finally have a good way to test it. Here’s how! Tagged: testing storybook Posted on July 6, 2020 by John Ruble in Web Apps Leave a comment by John Ruble on 2020.07.06 Abstraction Laddering – An Easy, Effective Problem Framing Exercise Atomic helps clients solve all sorts of business problems with custom software. Unfortunately, most clients don’t know how to describe their problems in a useful way. They usually just list symptoms instead of getting to the root cause. These conversations remind me of a quote from Gino Wickman: When addressing issues, leadership teams spend most […] Tagged: problem framing problem solving Posted on July 5, 2020 by Tammy Pearson in Growing as Makers Leave a comment by Tammy Pearson on 2020.07.05 App User Experience Review: How We Feel Delivering new software is a complex process. Doing so at the height of a global pandemic only adds complexity. I thought I’d share my thoughts on an example done well, the How We Feel app. How We Feel is a mobile app that fills the gap between virus testing limitations and having no data at all. […] Posted on July 2, 2020 by Taylor Vanden Hoek in UX/Design Techniques Leave a comment by Taylor Vanden Hoek on 2020.07.02 loading… Posts navigation ← Older posts Atomic does more than talk about software. We also make it — for clients large and small in all kinds of industries. Check out our portfolio. Atomic is a software design + development consultancy. Open during COVID-19 Outbreak © 2020 Atomic Object LLC Explore Careers Diversity Resources Atomic Blog Offices Grand Rapids Ann Arbor Chicago Details Contact Media Privacy Policy...