There was a team, which I joined to help with “DevOps’ stuff”. 5 or 6 people, good engineers, focused and busy. They had their habbits, processes and rituals. All more or less working fine… Except the review process. They were producing a lot of changes, but struggled to review them on time, which was blocking other team members and resulting in tasks being moved from sprint to sprint, without the real progress.

#blog #BestPractices #Devops #People (https://gagor.pro/2026/04/the-wall-of-shame/)

American Psychological Association: APA Labs launches resource to guide clinicians, health systems and the public to evidence-based digital mental health tools. “To help health care providers and users searching for digital mental health products they can trust, APA Labs has launched the Digital Badge Solutions Library, a resource of digital mental and behavioral health technologies that have […]

Lifehacker: You Should Be Using Reddit on Your RSS Reader. “You may know that Reddit can be a treasure trove of useful information and opinion, and that RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a clean and straightforward way to keep up with what’s happening on the web—but you might not be aware that you can combine both Reddit and RSS in numerous ways.”

Live with the knowledge that "best", while well worth pursuing, is a moving fluid target. Remember, there will always be a next best thing.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/soapbox/2016/07/the-next-best-thing

#marketing #BestPractices #NextPractices #BeingTheBest #status

Secure #BestPractices: #ArcGIS #Developer Credentials https://shorturl.at/kUDdo

#security #authentication #GIS #esri #IT #GISchat #geospatial @esri @esridevs @esrislgov @esritraining @urisa

Reuters Institute: How newsrooms are bringing their archives to life. “I spoke with journalists at The Economist, Charlie Hebdo, RetroNews, and Archivi.ng about how they are using their archives as a source for new stories, a way to pass on their editorial identity, and as a service to both their readers and their journalists.”

Write less code, be more responsible

https://blog.orhun.dev/code-responsibly/

#HackerNews #writeLessCode #beMoreResponsible #codeResponsibly #programming #bestPractices #softwareDevelopment

The best security isn't clever. It's boring.

Multi-factor authentication. Regular patching. Principle of least privilege. Documented processes.

Nobody writes blog posts about "we updated our dependencies on schedule and nothing bad happened."

But that's what winning looks like.

#Cybersecurity #InfoSec #BestPractices #MFA #SecurityBasics

IOP Publishing: IOP Publishing launches free open data course for early career researchers . “The course provides clear, hands‑on guidance to making research data openly available and demonstrates how strong data practices can enhance the visibility, credibility and impact of researchers’ work. Areas of focus include ethical considerations, repository selection, licensing and long‑term […]