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.
Continue ReadingI 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.
Continue ReadingWith 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. Like many others, my first instinct was to search for existing tools to help me with this transition. I assumed there would be solutions out there, given how long Pivotal Tracker has been a staple for agile project management. Sure, you can export your data to CSV files, but that’s not a practical solution for a large project with years of history.
Continue ReadingThis snippet provides commands for removing local branches that have been deleted from the remote, using both Powershell and bash.
For both shells, run these commands:
git fetch
git remote prune origin
Any remote branches that you have locally but that have been removed from the remote are now marked as gone.
Continue ReadingFOSDEM 2024 is happening this weekend and I’ve put together a list of interesting topics to review at a more leisurely pace.