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Where Do We Go Wrong With Agile

Where Do We Go Wrong With Agile

A few days ago I published this blog mocking the ‘Ceremony Focused Agile’ teams. But it is pointless to state what one thinks is not right, without also commenting on what one thinks is right! So let us do that today. Here is a conversation, which I am sure many of us have witnessed (or been part of): A: “I have assigned a ticket to you, what is the status of it?” B: “”Ticket, what ticket?” A: “It’s in JIRA,…

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Mute Mic With Keyboard Shortcut On Ubuntu Or Linux Mint

Mute Mic With Keyboard Shortcut On Ubuntu Or Linux Mint

Here is a quick tip for all the automation buffs like me. Turn your mic on and off with just a keyboard combo. I do all my work remotely. Which is also to say I have a lot of conference calls. And like you, I hate it when people do not mute their phones / mic on laptops when not speaking! (cue in the obligatory meme about not putting your phone on mute during a call!) I always wished for…

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Docker As Application Registry

Docker As Application Registry

Docker As Application Registry Docker is great and solves a lot of problems with deployments. It taught VMs to share the resources, like how VMs taught hardware to share resources! Along with production, I have found that docker can work great as an application registry in a local development environment.By applications I mean software that you install on your OS and launch them with shortcuts and they continue to live and retain state till you uninstall them; not exactly what…

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Habit-Firebug Saver: SmartLogger

Habit-Firebug Saver: SmartLogger

How many of the web developers do not depend on Firebug or the chrome’s console… Just wondering.. BTW, its plain fun to work with firebug, makes life a lot easier.. Its a different matter all together that the other browser that you have to develop for does not have a powerful enough tool. (Name deliberately avoided to avoid the eminent flame-war!) Yes the current versions have a quite powerful debug and development tools but (hopefully) few developers working on products…

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