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# .bashrc QoL adds.

# Ultra lazy...
alias urc='source ~/.bashrc'

# Save history immediately
shopt -s histappend
#PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;$PROMPT_COMMAND"
# https://askubuntu.com/questions/67283/is-it-possible-to-make-writing-to-bash-history-immediate
grep -q 'history -a' <<< $PROMPT_COMMAND || export PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a; $PROMPT_COMMAND"

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Emojis

Name	Image
aircall-available
aircall-connected
aircall-incoming

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Jira Workflow Examples

This GIST is here simply to demonstrate some workflows I've found helpful in guaranteeing a well-developed backlog for iteration teams. That said, workflows can be as simple or as complex as you need for your organization/project. At scale though, it's highly desirable to have a backlog as beautifully maintained as your products as their qualities are interdependent. And you'll see this point surface in retrospectives/feedback over time.

Structure

First off, DO NOT have workflows that looks like this:

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# Copy into /usr/local/bin or as appropriate for your $PATH

import argparse
from pypdf import PdfReader
from pypdf.errors import PdfReadError

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()

parser.add_argument("pdf", help="The PDF to extract attachments from.", type=str)

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REGEX

Reference

Character Sets/Ranges   []                  : Match any characters within. Required expression.
Qualifiers              {}                  : Quantity or range of an expression. IE: {3}, {2,200}
Groups                  ()                  : Group expressions. Subgroups supported.
Non-Capturing Group     (?:foo)             : Does not "remember" matches. Lower overhead.
Kleen Star              *                   : May occur 0 or more times.

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CONTENTS

• Usability
• .bashrc
• Password Generation
• SSH Aliasing
• Keyboard Cursor Rates
• Mac Fixes
• Formatting
• Colors

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API Design Tips

DO: Start by Understanding APIGW

APIGW is NOT the AWS service, but an industry standard technology for servicing resource access while providing facilities for oversight, governance, security, and operability considerations.

Some options:

• Apache APISIX
  • Free, but you still pay for your own wrench time.
• Kong

• The GW is open source and free to use, but many features (such as OIDC) are paywalled.

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On Acceptance Criteria

🗒️ An excerpt from my good, ol' Jira Team Runbook.

Acceptance Criteria tactices are ever evolving, but this is a good skeleton to start from.

• User story
• Functional requirements
• Link to design docs / supporting resources
• Technical breakdown and analysis to identify infrastructure dependencies

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# make-ca-cert.sh
#
# SYNOPSIS
#     Creates a CA if one doesn't already exist, and installs it (debian).
#     Creats a server certificate (including wildcard SAN) signed by the CA.
#

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Scrum/SAFe/Basic Project Management

Project Management can be as simple or as complex as needed. If your project is you and a few highly-aligned folks in the same room then you might be able to make due with a whiteboard and some sticky-notes, but this doesn't scale. There's a lot of expertise involved in taking a project from sticky-notes to a scaled agile enterprise operating model, but the foundations of planning don't change. IE: If you want to dig for treasure, then you should plan to get a shovel to enable your success.

Aside: Discover Your Minimum Viable Operating Posture

Before you jump into executing your vision, start by discovering a your minimum viable operating posture (see also the concept of minimum virtuous products), as this dictates a large portion of your overall organizational structure and talent strategy. Getting this wrong is similar to getting software architecture wrong -- it's all dysfunction and d