The Power of Explaining the “Why” in Decision-Making

As leaders, we spend a significant amount of time making decisions—big and small. From adjusting timelines to reallocating resources, these choices shape the trajectory of our teams and projects. But making a decision is just the first step. The real magic happens when we take the time to ensure our teams understand not only what was decided but, more importantly, why it was decided.

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New Year, Old Laptop Repair

I have a pretty old laptop, a Dell Precision m3800. During the holidays, it fell off a table and landed precisely on the power connector (don’t ask). The power connector was bent, the light indicator on it would not light up and the laptop wouldn’t charge. Fortunately such power supplies are used by other more recent models, so I was able to order one online.

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Moving Off Pivotal Tracker: The Birth of PTMigration

With the somewhat recent announcement that Pivotal Tracker is shutting down, many of us who have relied on it for years are suddenly faced with a pressing need: how do we migrate all our project data before it’s gone for good? I found myself in this exact position, with an established project history that I couldn’t just leave behind.

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Review of Interesting Things at FOSDEM 2024

FOSDEM 2024 is happening this weekend and I’ve put together a list of interesting topics to review at a more leisurely pace. Alternatives to Confluence: BlueSpice, BookStack, DokuWiki, Foswiki, MediaWiki, OpenKM, Outline, PmWiki, Wiki.js and Xwiki. CICD Obervability CICD Observability 2 DIY Monitoring: Using clickhouse and grafana DIY RUM EVerest: An open source stack that manages all aspects of EV charging FreeIPA and FreeIPA connector for Keycloak Hardware devroom: Too many interesting topics to mention SpiceDB: Open source ReBAC.

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