Teammate on most recent team gave me this parting feedback: “I learned a ton, we got lots done, our team dynamics were awesome, and I’ve never felt this kind of team feeling before.”

If your business makes software, I might be good for your business.

https://schmonz.com/snac/schmonz/p/1750949585.435936

How often does one developer know everything needed to solve a customer problem with code?

On that rare occasion, how beneficial is it to the business for nobody else to have been involved?

Here’s video of my #MobProgramming webinar with SmartBear: https://schmonz.com/2019/04/11/smartbear-mob-programming-explained/

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Toto, I've a feeling we're not not far from Kansas anymore.

We were supposed to be, but today needing a plane from Chicago and a runway in Newark were two too many dependencies. Rescheduled for tomorrow's flight home. Switched Residences Inn. Went for a swim.

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Gate agent: “The Chicago-KC flight that left the gate and had to return earlier due to bad weather conditions has left the gate again, so we remain optimistic.”

Me: “Who you calling ‘we’, gate agent?”

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101926370059882456

A study in feet. (Legend: gray = small, black = large.)

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Thanks for all the terrific questions during my "#MobProgramming Explained" webinar! As soon as video and slides are available I'll share them here.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101909154972122370

Been wondering about #MobProgramming? Couldn't make it to the conference in Boston?

One hour from now, from the comfort of wherever you are: "Mob Programming Explained". Who can benefit? Under what conditions? What if you're not a programmer?

Register: https://smartbear.com/resources/webinars/mob-programming/

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101908616520526600

At the AirBnB. #cameras #shelves #camerashelves #shelvedcameras #cameroon #shelvish

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101904781683570015

@0xmrtn@infosec.exchange thanks brother!

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101868802058202785

Got a challenging situation at work?

Need someone to listen carefully, ask the right questions, and help you clarify your own path forward?

Developer, executive, manager, or coach? I can help.

Book an hour with me: https://latentagility.com

#Agile #Scrum #TDD #XP #Dev #pmot

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101868394770338089

@len hey thanks! It was. Now I gotta make another one.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101852852055998876

A genuine item on my board:

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Excited for Monday? Maybe not?

I joined @mrsungo to talk about Personal Kanban, which I summarized as two rules and one intention. The intention: “See and master your own choices. You make a lot of them every day, and they add up.”

The podcast: https://schmonz.com/talk/20190331-reluctant-agilist/ #pkflow

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101850997811317226

36 hours sous vide at 155F
10 hours in the fridge absorbing rub and liquid smoke
2 hours in the oven at 300F
20 minutes tented

Kenji’s brisket FTW: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/08/sous-vide-barbecue-smoked-bbq-brisket-texas-recipe.html

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I'll be at #deliverAgile2019 presenting "Strangle Your Legacy Code" with Markus Silpala! "One of the most effective sessions all conference" in its very first iteration, and this'll be the 10th or so. Don't miss it!

More: https://schmonz.com/talk/2019-deliveragile/ #MobProgramming #LegacyCode #TDD #XP

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Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about pumpkin bread?

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Wondering about #MobProgramming — what for, how, when _not_ to — but can't get to Boston for https://mobprogrammingnewengland.com?

Here's a way to start learning about it from wherever you are. Sign up for my "Mob Programming Explained" webinar: https://schmonz.com/talk/2019-smartbear/

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NYC is glorious in springtime. Register for Big Apple #Scrum Day in May, including "Two Midwesterners Politely Invite You To Explore Coding" with @AgileFaye and me. We genuinely and unpretentiously like you! And are not in any hurry! https://schmonz.com/talk/2019-basd/ #BASD2019

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101778734475534809

@CodingItWrong@mastodon.technology codewise, I couldn’t write new stuff but I could often manage to refactor

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101765686500357383

A certain 21-month-old’s construction project, shortly before the inevitable.

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Emotions contain information. Lean, behavioral econ, and systems thinking are related. Combine them to build better habits.

I relearned and resynthesized rather a lot in last week's Personal Kanban class: https://schmonz.com/2019/03/11/training-personal-kanban/

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Narrator: They didn’t.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101710288143119211

@xenotrope at least one local and one remote attendee said they’d try installing my shit. Feels good mang

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Last month, given only 5 minutes, I explained how to run your own email server.

Wednesday I’ll share the tale of some extraordinary open-source #LegacyCode — still valuable after 20 years! — and of how I’ve made it easy to install, live with, and extend.

https://schmonz.com/talk/2019-nyc-march/

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101693617670469070

As a dog- and pun-loving programmer, I wish "Irish Setter" were a term of our art. Now accepting submissions. Bonus points for providing a compatible definition of "Irish Getter". (DQ, of course, for uncareful or unkind use of stereotypes.)

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Thanks, NYC, for mobbing on "Strangle Your Legacy Code"! The slides have our learnings, our code, and that Agile in 3 Minutes book coupon: https://schmonz.com/2019/02/21/ny-xpagile-strangle-your-legacy-code/

(Pssst. You. Coupon works through tomorrow. Even if you couldn't come.)

Can I help your org? https://latentagility.com

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@xenotrope Sweet! Thanks for the heads up. Am helplessly behind on podcasts. NYCBUG does video (stream and post). Maybe it'll be watchable.

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Sometimes there’s a piano here. Not my lucky day.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101632085640865293

@joeyh nope nope nope

(But maybe would be less wrong if said about some piece marked “leggiero”)

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101587643171204856

OH: That code's got deprecooties.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101581506192145439

@jer_ delicious, no doubt. I appreciated my easy access to Roos while it lasted. In a few months I’ll have a great walkable coffeeshop again.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101573950238476282

@jer_ correct. What’s today’s?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101573933123985455

@lattera pkgsrc

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101558601518326799

Current status: build-testing the latest ikiwiki (https://ikiwiki.info) and its many dependencies on CentOS, Debian, Devuan, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Tribblix, Ubuntu, Void. #pkgsrc

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101552133294954075

Hey New York, get ready for "Strangle Your Legacy Code", as seen on my #CodingTour! The exercise centers on #MobProgramming, #LegacyCode, and #TDD. RSVP for February's #XP & #Agile Meetup: https://schmonz.com/talk/2019-nyc-february/

And limited availability for new clients: https://latentagility.com

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101523400579325746

What I'm Doing Now: https://schmonz.com/now

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101495063715036648

Slides for “Run Your Own Email Server!” from #DevOpsDaysNYC, including coupon for the @AgileIn3Minutes book: https://schmonz.com/2019/01/25/devopsdays-nyc-run-your-own-email-server

(And thanks @dhh for the timely quote!)

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101479320494776983

Next time you think

“Let’s add a dependency on X.”

try saying instead

“Let’s agree that someday our application will break because of X.”

What might change for you?

#XP #DevOps #RiskManagement

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101461771236858054

When we’re responsible for production, it can be hard to find room to learn. That’s why I run my own email server. I own all the decisions, take more risks, and have learned lots. And so can you.

NYC, this Thursday: https://schmonz.com/talk/2019-devopsdays/

#DevOpsDays #DevOps #pkgsrc #qmail

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101457525823646732

Bootstrapping #pkgsrc on #pinebook. Just playing around before installing #NetBSD.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101445521906514865

Put on Hamelin playing Balakirev’s piano-only arrangement of the Romanza from Chopin No. 1. Taavi asked me to pick him up and dance. My new permanent corporeal form is: puddle.

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@liw@social.nasqueron.org eek. What changed?

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101409296119057925

Arrived in the mail from T’s grandparents. My first thought: “Since when do kids’ books talk about email protocols?” Might have my head a little too far up that problem space. #pop #smtp #neither

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101405752254701500

Current flavor: Taavi, marching around the house, returning to the dining room followed by his 3- and 6-year old cousins with an enormous triumphant grin.

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Not much time left! Register for #DevOpsDays NYC and hear why you easily could (and maybe should) run your own email server.

https://t.co/TyAY9rTQET for details

https://t.co/i3AlopHj4o for diversity tickets

#DevOps #pkgsrc

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101399259735640706

New on latentagility.com: "Amitai has the gift of bridging technical skills with insights into people collaboration and systemic issues." https://latentagility.com/testimonial/thorsten

Want some of this for your NY-metro org in Q1 or Q2? Get in touch.

(Thanks @thbrunzendorf for your kind words)

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101392743056112864

I've shipped quite a few improvements for #qmail users in the 2018Q4 release of #pkgsrc, the practical cross-platform Unix package manager. In one sentence:

It's probably easy for you to run qmail now.

With more sentences and a demo: https://schmonz.com/2019/01/07/2018q4-qmail-updates-in-pkgsrc/

#DevOps

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101376758027309008

I use a Mac, but don't particularly care for launchd. So I installed pkgtools/rc.d-boot and sysutils/daemontools-run from #pkgsrc and converted my custom launchd items from XML to tiny shell scripts. Nice.

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@sehnsucht@bsd.network It probably works for unencrypted connections, but I found a pretty good bug in my STARTTLS implementation that has to get fixed before blacklistd(8) support can be useful in typical configs. Cool that you’re watching 🙂

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/101353771755867702

Join us at DevOpsDays NYC later this month! Early bird price expires today. I’ll tell you in 5 minutes how and why to run your own email server. Come tell me things, too. https://schmonz.com/talk/2019-devopsdays/ #devops #nyc #agile #xp

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