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My recipe for productivity
I found an 8 year old draft about how I maintain focus and productivity. It’s still relevant and I still use it today. There’s nothing revolutionary here. A handful of well known small practices. The process follows a typical roadmap process, but on a microscopic level. Think of it as my internal process within the…
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A Call For Better Jenkins Plug-In Pipeline Documentation
The Jenkins team has done a good job documenting basic pipeline structure and functionality. Kudos to them for that, it’s improved massively over the past year. I think it’s pretty easy to get started now. Let’s talk about the plug-ins. To do most anything useful in Jenkins requires plug-ins, lots and lots of plug-ins. Before the…
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2017 MacBook Pro
Background I’m coming from a 2012 MacBook Pro with a nearly dead battery. I was holding out for a 32GB laptop, but couldn’t wait any longer due to the dead battery in the 2012. Honestly the 2012 has been the best laptop I’ve ever used. I got 5 years out of it and will likely…
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These Are Just Tools
Early on in my career I complained to another developer about a particular tool. I don’t remember what the tool was, probably CVS. The response I received left me dumbfounded. “These are just tools.” JUST TOOLS? Doubts and questions flooded my brain. Was I needlessly obsessing over something unimportant? Licensing costs aside, the business owners…
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