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

Another quick, unscheduled programming video: "exim RCE, is my SMTP AUTH code safe?"

I don't run exim, but when the universe suggests that it's a good time to inspect my own code, I try to accept.

https://youtu.be/khdk9pu1IBo

#SMTP #Refactoring #SecureProgramming #C #dev #qmail

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From the Schmarchives: “When is #Refactoring a good decision?” https://schmonz.com/2014/08/07/when-is-refactoring-a-good-decision

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What's it like to write a Unix shell script? Here's a tiny impromptu example: https://youtu.be/x3BS0yL10hA?si=ZoCQyN7P8oK-szjm

Note the higher-than-usual marginal value of the #refactoring steps. Shell scripting has an especially low comprehensibility floor, so a tiny bit of structure goes a long way.

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"If we want to make effective business decisions, we need to start by accepting three premises:

1. Our intuition exerts tremendous influence over our decision-making,
2. It can lead us astray, and
3. It can be developed."

— @schmonz

https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111148793690174809

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111149263320347891

Time to #Twitch! Working on getting #ikiwiki authenticating to #GitHub. http://twitch.tv/schmonzie

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111143855419001856

What's a "business outcome"?

If I had to bet:

They're the emotional responses of the relevant people.

Cost and risk are used primarily as proxy metrics.

We have to lean on these proxies because we've so thoroughly devalued emotional responses in business contexts.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111143069422331599

Weekly schedule of chances to interact with me, from least to most interactive (all US/Eastern):

W pm: I'm a guest on someone's podcast

M & F am: Here's a convo-starter from Agile in 3 Minutes

M 10am & R 1pm: Live-coding at https://www.twitch.tv/schmonzie

T 12:15pm: Open office hours

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Missed my office hours yesterday? Try your luck mining for sparks in this conversation with @andreagoulet and @mscottford centered on

1. How best to define #LegacyCode? (problem-framing)
2. How best to approach living with it? (solution-finding)

https://legacycoderocks.libsyn.com/defining-legacy-code-with-amitai-schleier

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Just enough break in the action to get something down for #WeeklyPiano.

Here’s #Medtner’s response to his publisher requesting something more accessible for amateur pianists (i.e., me): yes, and still 100% himself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cII6lfFYeKM&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=48&pp=gAQBiAQB8AUB

#PianoMiniature #PianoMiniatures @classicalmusic @classicalpiano

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Why would free advice ever be worth anything?

Sometimes it is.

"Amitai is AMAZING at bringing a sense of calm and sustainability to software teams! I can't recommend him highly enough and whoever is lucky enough to hire him will be in very good hands. ❤️"
—@andreagoulet

https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111131958589273543

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Software dev not going to plan?
Developers making surprising choices?
Desirable outcomes seemingly out of reach?

You're in luck! (Wait, what?) That's right, because I'm holding office hours today.

12:15-12:45pm US/Eastern, here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89405675221?pwd=WHRueXFFbzZoaUsyTkxFV3hrOWpvQT09

Good ideas. For free.

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"Delivering what customers need, when they need it, mandates that we learn continuously and together about our product and ourselves."

#XP #Agile #SoftwareEngineering #EngineeringLeadership #ProductDevelopment

https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111126035235742233

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111126676228197291

Starting shortly: https://www.twitch.tv/schmonzie

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111126153947404177

"A good crafter never blames their tools" is the wrong reaction to a crafter who cannot at present freely choose their tools.

It's so perfectly wrong, it undermines the speaker nearly as much as the target.

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@xenotrope hey d00d, I'm coming back to life and realizing notqmail 1.09 can be imminent.

The last thing we want to get merged before release is your Maildir-uniqueness patch. I'm assuming you're very tired of the git rebasing (etc.) required to get your PR merge-ready, so I'm I'm happy to handle it -- but I'd be happier knowing you're happy having me handle it.

What we've done when merging other patches, and what I'd do here, is define a branch made up of the following:

1. Apply your published patch precisely as is, with git author attributing it to you
2. Add commits (attributed to me) that change whatever we think needs changing to better fit into the notqmail codebase

Then I'd submit a PR for the usual review (which you'd be more than welcome to participate in if you want to, and more than welcome to skip if you don't).

If this sounds okay, can you say so on https://github.com/notqmail/notqmail/pull/90#issuecomment-1731495439 ? Or if it sounds not okay, please do say that.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111117249726804270

Walking home from the back-to-school party.

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111111819243252100

A few years ago I took a Personal Kanban training class from @sprezzatura and @ourfounder. Dave Prior was there too. So of course, being who we are, we had to talk on his podcast about what we learned.

https://www.projectmanagement.com/blog-post/52816/insights-from-two-days-of-personal-kanban-training-w--amitai-schleier#_=_

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111100491764967379

Free. But is it worth your time?

“Amitai has the gift of bridging technical skills with insights into people collaboration and systemic issues.”
— Thorsten Brunzendorf

https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111092430785164988

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111092468145094129

Whatcha doin for lunch today?

I’m holding an open office half-hour. Let’s chat about @AgileIn3Minutes or anything else #Agile, music, organizational challenges, programming, career advice, you name it.

12:15-12:45 US/Eastern. Drop on by! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89405675221?pwd=WHRueXFFbzZoaUsyTkxFV3hrOWpvQT09

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Air conditioner off, windows open. Here’s #Mordasov Jazz Miniatures No. 28, “Mood”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW0nBzArjbQ&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=47

#PianoMiniature #PianoMiniatures #SlavicJazz #WeeklyPiano

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111092330004865298

Missed today's #Twitch stream? Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkuryjnRFclRpPiXrM4oNSY1_RJHMRcYs

On Thursday I'll begin integrating "login with GitHub" into my preferred CMS. Featuring a special guest or two 😁

Subscribe, & join us if you can: https://www.twitch.tv/schmonzie

#OpenSource #pkgsrc #notqmail #ikiwiki

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111087833025145456

I have a podcast. It’s called “Agile in 3 Minutes.”

Q1. What do I mean by #Agile?
A1. I’ll tell you.

Q2. Is each episode really no longer than 180 seconds?
A2. Yes, including this one.

First time listening? Congratulations (it’s well loved) and enjoy.

https://agilein3minut.es/1

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111086511082633170

Same composer (#Mordasov), same set (Jazz Miniatures), totally different flavor. No. 27, “Dance”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3vKMlBoIx0&list=PLkuryjnRFclTzNyap3TRgLtWxgQmbu5Am&index=46

#PianoMiniature #PianoMiniatures #SlavicJazz

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original post: https://octodon.social/@schmonz/111063815219120783

"Parameterize things that change. Don't parameterize things that don't change. All the rest is commentary."

— Rabbi Hillel, if while standing on one foot he'd been asked about Dependency Injection instead

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