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Railsberry
April 23, 2013
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Internal tools by Keavy McMinn
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Transcript
@keavy // Internal tools Railsberry, Krakow 2013
uses
Abuses
I <3 Internal Tools
class GoodSoftware < Pain end
Take your pain away
None
None
None
None
None
Create the culture you want, through internal tools
Pain #1 “I don’t know who is working on what”
What do we want?
Visibility
How can tools help?
None
“We see awesome get shipped, so we want to ship
awesome.” @maddox
None
https://speakerdeck.com/jnewland/chatops
Visibility
Pain #2 “I feel disconnected, because I am remote”
What do we want?
None
None
How can tools help?
Tools we choose
None
/i like this song
/play call me maybe
/volume +11
None
Tools we don’t abuse
virtualsugar
For good...
For bad... “What. is. going. on? do we seriously have
{x} and {y} in this app? Don’t give a fuck if ... Never do {z}”
“Never do {z}” “Can you do... ?”
virtualsugar
turboalieno
None
None
None
None
Pull requests talk, Bullshit walks
cooperation without coordination
Pain #3 “I don’t like #{that}”
What do we want?
Always be feedback-ing.
None
Shit I don’t like
Ideas published in last 12 months 0" 5" 10" 15"
20" 25" 30" 35" 40" May" Jun" Jul" Aug" Sep" Oct" Nov" Dec" Jan" Feb" Mar" Apr"
Comments on those Ideas 0" 100" 200" 300" 400" 500"
600" 700" 800" May" Jun" Jul" Aug" Sep" Oct" Nov" Dec" Jan" Feb" Mar" Apr"
happiness excitement error fear community women being new growing future
focus guidelines culture attracted life language innovate change important better opportunity
Create the culture you want, through internal tools
using
Abusing
Pain points?
Take your pain away
Thanks!