Way of the Herokai

Mediate on the Heroku Way...

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1. Way of the
   Herokai
   @schneems
   

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2. @schneems
   

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3. Schnauser
   

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5. I <3
   Ruby
   

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6. Hans
   Peter
   Von
   Wolfe (the 5th)
   

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7. ‚
   Schneeman
   

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8. Wicked
   ‘
   ‘
   Gem
   

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9. Triage
   Code
   codetriage.com
   

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11. Adjunct
    Professor
    

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12. Good News
    Everyone!
    schneems.com/ut-rails
    

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13. Most
    Importantly
    

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15. We optimize
    developer
    happiness
    

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16. Git
    Push:
    Deploy
    

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17. Ruby
    Task
    Force
    

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18. Ruby
    Task
    Force
    Meetings
    

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19. The
    Heroku
    Way
    

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20. Can only be
    sought,
    never
    attained
    “
    

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21. Questions?
    @schneems
    

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22. The
    Heroku
    Way
    is not
    

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23. Defaulting
    to the
    easiest
    

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24. The
    Heroku
    Way
    is not
    

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25. Following
    the
    herd
    

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26. The
    Heroku
    Way
    is not
    

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27. Doing it
    because it’s
    what we did
    last time
    

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28. The
    Heroku
    Way
    IS
    

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29. Reflecting
    on every
    moment
    

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30. Constantly
    asking: Why
    

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31. or Why not?
    

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32. Why: did we
    do it this
    way?
    

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33. Could we do
    it better?
    

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34. Hunt
    problems
    not solutions
    

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35. comes from
    

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36. Hero +
    

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37. Hero +
    Haiku
    

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38. Samurai
    Followed
    “bun and
    the bu”
    

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39. Not enough
    to master
    the blade
    

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40. จ෢྆ಓ
    The pen and the
    sword in accord
    

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42. Waza
    Task
    Force
    

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43. The
    art
    of
    Coffee
    

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44. Making
    coffee the
    right
    way
    

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45. Making
    coffee the
    Heroku
    way
    

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46. Carefully
    Roasted
    Beans
    

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47. Fresh
    Ground
    Coffee
    (minutes ago)
    

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48. Precision
    Kettle
    

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49. Chemex
    

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50. 205˚F
    

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51. ~3˚C?
    ??
    

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52. Time
    

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53. Why?
    

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54. Efficiency is
    good
    

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55. Never
    Sacrifice
    Efficiency
    for reflection
    

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56. Building
    the best
    product,
    deliberately
    

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57. Fully
    present
    

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58. Don’t forget
    

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59. CoWorkers
    

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60. Teach new
    employees
    how
    

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61. 1 Brew
    enough for
    2 Cups
    

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62. Share the
    work, share
    the
    workflow
    

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63. At Heroku we
    believe deploying
    apps should be
    easy and making
    coffee should be
    hard."
    - @mattmanning & @pvh
    

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64. How
    Herokai Get
    stuff done
    

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65. “Herokai”
    

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66. A member
    of Heroku
    

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67. Not
    Pronounced
    like..
    

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68. No
    Deadlines
    

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69. Instead:
    Priorities
    

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70. Ship it
    when it is
    ready
    

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71. Ship it
    when it is
    right
    

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72. No
    Deadlines*
    

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73. Problem
    Research
    Prototype
    Alpha
    Beta
    Release
    

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74. Problem
    Research
    Prototype
    Alpha
    Beta
    Release
    }
    

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75. Does it
    always work
    like that?
    

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76. Nope
    

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77. Problem:
    Awesome feature (B)
    relies on Amazing
    feature (A)
    

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78. GH Issues
    

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79. A long time
    ago...
    Largest GH
    customer
    

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80. Project
    Coordination
    

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81. Who
    decides on
    what
    features
    

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82. Ponies
    vs
    Mustangs
    

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83. Mustang
    

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84. Pony
    

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85. Why?
    

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86. Sounds better than
    “things we really
    freaking have to
    do” and “stuff we
    should probably do
    someday”
    

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87. Makers Day
    

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88. Makers Day
    

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89. Makers Day
    

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90. Cut out
    Distractions
    

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91. No Meetings
    

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92. Focus,
    reflect,
    get work
    done
    

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93. Developer
    Productivity:
    

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94. 3 steps 1 step
    <
    

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95. 1 step No steps
    <
    

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96. Time critical
    issues...
    

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97. Incident
    Commander
    Incident
    Commander
    

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98. Examples:
    Availability
    Security
    Performance
    

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99. Coordinates
    comms
    

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100. Prioritizes
     Work
     

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101. Recruits
     Help to fill
     the gaps
     

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102. IC removes
     blockers, lets
     devs focus
     

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103. Postmortem
     & followup
     actions
     

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104. Status
     Site
     

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105. In-office
     offline
     lights
     

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106. Remo-kais
     

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107. Remo(te)-
     (Hero)kais
     

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108. 70% In
     SF
     

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109. Protip:
     don’t call SF
     “san fran”
     

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110. Ever
     

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111. I live in
     Austin, Tx
     

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112. No: I do
     not ride a
     horse to
     work
     

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113. (I work
     from home)
     

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114. Tools:
     

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115. Trello
     

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116. Github
     Issues
     

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117. Campfire
     

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118. G+
     Hangouts
     

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119. Remote
     Week
     

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120. You don’t have to
     go home, but you
     can’t stay here
     

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121. Campfire +
     gchat much
     more active
     

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122. Organized
     by VIBE
     

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123. An organization
     dedicated to
     preserving our
     culture, and
     developer sanity
     

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125. Developers:
     building
     tools for
     developers
     

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126. No one can
     walk the
     path for you
     

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127. You must
     find it
     yourself
     

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128. A
     meditation
     on Herokai
     

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129. “
     Herokai seek dreams,
     

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130. “
     Herokai seek dreams,
     meditating happiness.
     

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131. “
     Herokai seek dreams,
     meditating happiness.
     Building sharp simple tools
     

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132. “
     Herokai seek dreams,
     meditating happiness.
     Building sharp simple tools
     #haiku
     

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133. The Way of
     the Herokai
     

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134. Questions?
     @schneems
     (btw I have stickers)
     

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135. Questions?
     @schneems
     

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