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Postel’s Law | Laws of UX Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send.

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Warm Handoffs :: Luckymike’s Tech Notes … generally the guidelines are: If someone asks a question in the wrong channel, and you know the right channel, link their question in the right channel, tagging them, and explain why you’re making the handoff, along with any additional context you have. If someone asks a question in the wrong channel, and you’re not sure where it should go, link their question in a shared channel asking who can help, along with any additional context you have....

German Naming Convention Using as many words as necessary to clearly name something. Everything. I called this “German” naming convention as a reference to the fact that the German language is known for its compound words, which can become comically long and specific at times.

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Fast git handover with mob | Tool for smooth git handover. mob is an open source command line tool written in go mob is the fastest way to hand over code via git mob keeps your branches clean and only creates WIP commits on temporary branches mob has a shared team timer timer.mob.sh mob is on ‘assess’ in the Thoughtworks Technology Radar mob has VSCode integration

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Portfolio Performance An open source tool to calculate the overall performance of an investment portfolio - across all accounts - using True-Time Weighted Return or Internal Rate of Return.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one. — Mark Twain

The Captain Class - by Kent Beck [emphasis added] These captains, in turn, shared traits (some of which we don’t always associate with leadership). The traits are: Doggedness. Captains just keep coming. Their example causes the rest of the team to raise their effort level to match. Edges. Captains play right to the edge of the rules. (This is why he says Derek Jeter didn’t see many World Series trophies–too law-abiding....