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Consider including screenshots! A previous job had "monthly" ad hoc desk demos to show off whatever we were working on to our tech lead. Since I can barely re
by MaulingMonkey 7y ago
Consider including screenshots!
A previous job had "monthly" ad hoc desk demos to show off whatever we were working on to our tech lead. Since I can barely remember what I did yesterday if my life depended on it, this became a monthly "crawl p4 history and summarize for myself to summarize for others" routine.
And of course, it's hard to demo when you've just broken your local checkout. Or touched a common header and need an hour to finish recompiling the entire codebase. And waiting around all day being conservative with my changes - or multiple days, in the event of delays or rescheduling - feels like wasted time.
Slap some screenshots, gifs, or video on an internal wiki and bam - even if you can't demo in realtime because you broke something or are compiling, you can still demo. And now you can share it with coworkers who want to build upon your work, use your tools, etc. as a very easy way to see exactly where you've hidden the new feature in whatever bespoke thing you're doing!
- leetrout 7y agoWhere do you work / what do you that you are using p4? Video games? Or just a large enterprise org?
- jdright 7y agoPretty sure it is videogames. Last bastion of P4, kind of like dinosaurs.
- MaulingMonkey 7y agoYep, videogames.