Insights
Show Your Terminal Some Love ❤️
Tweak your environment regularly. Try something new, and improve your productivity. One thing that definitely deserves some care is the terminal/shell.
History of Virtual Reality, Part 3: Welcome to the Metaverse
I, for one, am looking forward to the dawn of the metaverse, and I hope to see all of you on the other side.
Tips and Advice for Dealing with Merge Conflicts
I was lying in bed this morning planning the best way to handle a merge conflict I know is coming with a colleague’s PR today, and I realized I’d like to know a couple of tricks for certain situations. Here they are:
How to Make Git History Useful to Humans
Make sure you’re doing this consistently, because down the line it makes a big difference to somebody digging through git history.
“Call Your Shots” and Other SEAL Team Leadership Skills We Embody at Revelry
Everyone is a leader at Revelry, and it’s because we let the process take the lead. Hang on though – we’re not cultists. When the process doesn’t fit, we allow ourselves and our team to change it up. We make the process work for us when necessary, not the other way around.
How To Be Proactive at Work on a Lean Agile Team
When every day is “same same but different” as they say, it helps to rely on habits for staying on top of responsibilities. This way, we don’t slip into feeling reactive and stressed out with our workloads.
Supporting Work-Life Alliance in Remote Work: Our Strategy
A flexible work environment means that the team may be working or resting at many different hours. Believing that your teammates have achieved that essential personal balance is the first step in knowing that you’ll be operating from a place of trust.
Remote Work Challenges? Get Yourself a Culture of Trust
You don’t have to allow interruptions. Take that pressure off yourself.
Incorporating Design Thinking into Lean Agile Sprints
It’s too easy to drop the learning aspect from Agile when the default is to build. We believe in the value of design thinking principles, and our innovation partners benefit from the quick wins that come out of slowing down once in awhile. Here’s how we do it.
Monitoring Phoenix Applications and Recording Metrics
At Revelry, we are heavy users of DataDog so this solution leans heavily into putting metrics there.