OM Retro: 7/21/2017 by Ben Ng Chi Hang https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un What works and what does work yet en-us 2017-07-21 19:35:55 UTC 2025-11-11 02:05:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png What Works ben130 https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179204436 2017-07-21 19:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179204436 What doesn't work ben130 https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179204443 2017-07-21 19:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179204443 Merging stuff in tools_ftf-tests is slow ham1988 https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179204728 - Sometimes autoenv fail, etc.
- Builds take time to run, specially when there are a lot of builds queued.
- Code reviews are slow and is not clear if test code style should be enforced or not in some cases. Some criticism looks like code style preference and it's a blocker for merging.]]> 2017-07-21 19:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179204728 Keep track of tickets in Test https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205232 tickets stay in testing status for a while, a bit challenging to track all the tickets and switch back to context]]> 2017-07-21 20:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205232 Functional Tests https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205261 Were broken for a few days, blocking releases]]> 2017-07-21 20:06:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205261 #autoenv rkaneriya https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205265 2017-07-21 20:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205265 Pull Requests https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205274 Reviews and feedback come pretty quickly from people on the team]]> 2017-07-21 20:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205274 More engineers can run functional tests locally ben130 https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205277 2017-07-21 20:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205277 Functional Test https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205283 Running Functional Tests help getting confidence before releases 👍]]> 2017-07-21 20:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205283 "Long running" feature branches https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205285 This is specific to my effort on the GDLI refactor. The original thought was that since the workflow would be blocked in the UI due to the line item type selector being disabled, it might be okay to merge bits of work into master instead of keeping a "long running" feature branch around. I think it's less risky to keep the feature branch approach around, though, since it prevents problems introduced into master that would prevent master from being "releasable" from occurring during the development process... better to just keep these isolated on a separate branch until everything's ready to go.]]> 2017-07-21 20:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205285 PR feedback on API work rkaneriya https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205289 2017-07-21 20:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205289 Release window https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205290 Short release window with exceptions being made only for specific items means frequent reverts to master]]> 2017-07-21 20:08:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205290 Rishi https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205297 Shoutout for being very helpful this week]]> 2017-07-21 20:08:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205297 Bug week was a big success ben130 https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205299 2017-07-21 20:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205299 More hands on Pappy https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205300 Help from Jeremy for pappy with GDLI bugs and freq capping helps a lot]]> 2017-07-21 20:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205300 "developer data" :P rkaneriya https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205301 2017-07-21 20:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205301 autoenvs https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205325 were both stable and available the second half of the week]]> 2017-07-21 20:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205325 IMs that are not our fault https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205326 Since UI is where people notice problem, we get to be woken up first and help triage. If we continue need to do that, It would be nice to get more knowledge transferred or have some runbook shared with us

]]> 2017-07-21 20:09:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205326 Autoenv compliants ben130 https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205331 2017-07-21 20:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205331 late-stage product/UX discussions for UIT rkaneriya https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205339 understandable, so only a 
minor concern]]> 2017-07-21 20:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205339 Sand https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205345 Still not working. Makes it hard to do local development]]> 2017-07-21 20:09:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205345 Bugs routed to OM https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205348 All bugs related to IO, LI or Campaigns are routed to our team by default]]> 2017-07-21 20:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205348 Communication https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205352 It's super helpful when people '@' the channel to mention we have a new autoenv

]]> 2017-07-21 20:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205352 Pair Programming https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205366 Should do more, very effective]]> 2017-07-21 20:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205366 Asad https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205372 Asad wrapping up onboarding and API exercise ]]> 2017-07-21 20:11:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205372 Onboarding Exercise https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205383 The endpoint is working, however it is not returning a list of tasks for employees who have more than one task. It only returns a single task.


]]> 2017-07-21 20:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205383 Slack overload https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205385 Too many channels, and channels with similar names, in Slack]]> 2017-07-21 20:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205385 feedback on UIT release plan rkaneriya https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205386 2017-07-21 20:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205386 https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205404 2017-07-21 20:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205404 Pappy Documentation https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205438 Pappy documentation seems lacking, I've run into blockers on how to do some basic things. It's possible that it exists but CorpWiki search is simply inadequate. ]]> 2017-07-21 20:13:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205438 IM https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205472 Nobody knows what caused today's IM. Also in general, takes too long to find the root cause]]> 2017-07-21 20:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205472 limited release windows and approval needed https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205480 I understand where it is coming from, but it still added overhead to the process and pressure]]> 2017-07-21 20:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205480 https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205662 2017-07-21 20:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205662 https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205736 2017-07-21 20:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205736 Too many messages from Jenkins https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205843 2017-07-21 20:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ben130/zrgtm7r482un/wish/179205843