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In case of failure

A catastrophic failure is always a system failure.

It could be the intern, it could be Your Plastic Pal Who’s Fun To Be With, or it could be those login details that you thought were secure on your help desk software. If you lose your production database, it’s not the fault of an individual, a robot or a third party.

There should be multiple points of protection between you and your data. The code should be tested, the logins should be secured, rotated, MFAd and audited, and admin access should be off by default.

It’s not another procedure on a document that no one reads or remembers; it’s a gateway that no one can forget. It’s not connecting from a developer machine; it’s a pipeline that only runs in a trusted environment after appropriate checks are made, and makes backups before making changes. It’s testing your backups.

It’s not about not trusting your team. I trust mine, but sometimes they get tired, and sometimes they get stressed, and I want them to burn whatever cycles they have on providing business value, not walking tightropes.

What system failure are you blocking today to save you tomorrow?

Can’t believe it took me this long but out of all the project management tools I’ve used, I like Trello the most (especially for managing personal projects - not that I’m good at that 😅)

#trello #projectmanagement #tifftalks

If it hurts, stop doing it: the wrong person in the wrong place

Have you ever taken your goldfish for a walk and tried to play fetch?

They’re rubbish at it, you know. Complain all the time about the lack of “the environment”, like water is important to them or something. They don’t run. They don’t pick up sticks, even when you try to accommodate them with tiny twigs. Useless. No one should have one as a pet, no drive.

Dogs though. They walk, they run, they swim. They don’t need “accommodations” like a fish tank. What an ego, to put their name on their safe space. And then to tell me to stay out because I’m “toxic”, when they’re the ones who put something in there so I can’t breathe.

Fish! Honestly!

Know your worth. Know your strengths and your weaknesses, and don’t let someone else tell you you’re useless just because your way doesn’t align with theirs. Or because you have a different skill set.

Dear managers. Don’t judge your customer support teams on sales metrics. Don’t let your best people languish in a job that doesn’t suit them because you can’t think outside the box you put them in. They’re hurting. And it’s hitting the team. Know your gardeners from your innovators.

Sometimes the best fit for a person is a different company. That’s not a loss unless they’re stuck where they are (and please, let’s make sure there’s support and a safety net for people who have to leave before they find the right fit).

If it hurts doing what you’re doing every day, figure out what you should be doing. Or where you should be doing it. It’s not about avoiding stressful situations or being uncomfortable, but it is about avoiding burnout and aggression. You know your place, and if this place is your place. If it hurts, stretch it, move it, try something else.

Know thyself

For over 24 hours now #trello has been having some major issues - the comments on cards aren't showing. That's a pretty big part of what Trello does.

Atlassian's status page says they were "optimizing" [sic - come on, you're supposed to be an Australian company] a database.

I wonder how much #ai was involved in this error? Could those fired employees have avoided the problem?

Uh, das klingt nicht so gut:

#trello

Update - Our teams continue to work diligently on the mitigation.

During this time, we recommend that you do not move or copy cards or lists between boards. For users whose boards are affected by this issue, you may create and delete cards and edit card descriptions as usual, but you will not be able to see comments or the detailed activity log of the cards.

We estimate that the rebuild will take another 24 hours to complete.

https://trello.status.atlassian.com/