The TMPDIR podcast

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Show Notes:

  • which do you find more inspiring – a stagnant pond covered in algae or a fast-flowing mountain stream?
  • why should you share your work early and often?
  • Two scenarios
    • everything done in private and then we try to integrate at the end
    • continuous stream of work done in a transparent way
      • can exist inside companies as well as OSS projects
      • stagnant pond vs fast flowing mountain stream
      • why
        • builds trust
        • get feedback early
        • people can watch the work go by and optionally take a closer look if they are interested.
        • spreads knowledge
        • we do better work in public
        • injects energy into the team
        • no status meetings are required
        • how do you do this?
          • work on a Git branch, rebase, squash commits, force push, delete, etc
          • do batches of work in a pull request
          • small commits/PRs – monster commits/PR are exhausting to review (at least daily)
          • stream of commit messages tell a story how you got from point A -> B
          • lead your work with documentation
          • objections
            • My code is not perfect
            • I don’t want to bother people
            • It is only an experiment and may get redone anyway
            • I’m not comfortable showing my work/process

              • See also: TMPDIR handbook

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