Personal Retrospectives

Posted on December 03, 2020 in Productivity • Tagged with Productivity, Tips

For a little over a year, I have set aside some time on Friday of each week to run a personal retrospective in a similar vein to the Agile ceremony (I actually have a recurring appointment in my Outlook for this). Essentially I reflect on the past week and write …


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Write Documentation in Markdown

Posted on November 01, 2020 in Productivity • Tagged with Markdown, Pandoc, Tips, Productivity, Documentation

I think the dictum "working software over comprehensive documentation" is very much undervalued in the enterprise. However, there are times when documentation is quite necessary, and the methods we have for creating and maintaining it seem underdeveloped compared to our patterns for software. The two challenges I have encountered most …


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