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by mdu96 6y ago
Haha! I'd love to hear more of your reasons why.
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by mdu96 6y ago
That's essentially what it was before :) I mostly just wanted a better writing experience and CMS. (I talk about that in a section on the post).
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by mdu96 6y ago
Yes, hence the caveat. :) For my purposes (set up a simple blog and get it running), I truly don't think that I need, or should, have to learn the ins and outs of the tech stack. In fact I chose WordPress specifically _because_ I wante
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by mdu96 6y ago
I've never heard of Laravel before - checking it out now. I wanted to use Github Pages because I had my previous site on Github Pages. GH Pages was easy to setup and provided good hosting/serving for free. I wanted the same for my
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by mdu96 6y ago
Couldn't agree more. What's your setup right now?
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I tried to use WordPress with GitHub Pages(melissadu.com)
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The Three Bay Areas (2017)(thebolditalic.com)
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by mdu96 6y ago
Haha thank you, I appreciate that! And got it. Congrats on your new management role -- I think a lot about similar questions too...maybe once you learn some best practices, you could write something up and share it with HN :)
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by mdu96 6y ago
This post details famous laissez faire leaders, if you're interested: https://futureofworking.com/5-famous-laissez-faire-leaders/ . By any chance have you worked at startups/in the tech industry? Every single
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We only use 4 tools to get our work done every week(cadencework.com)
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by mdu96 6y ago
This is a great idea. Congrats Adam & team on launching.
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Adopt a State 2020(crooked.com)
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by mdu96 6y ago
that's super interesting! would you be open to chatting more? i'd love to ask you some questions about your workflow and hear your feedback on cadence, seems like you've got some great opinions. my email is melissa@cadencewor
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by mdu96 6y ago
The product we're building, Cadence, is actually our solution to the daily standup problem. Let me know if you'd be interested in trying our product out -- seems like you'd give great feedback. My email is melissa@cadencework
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by mdu96 6y ago
interesting! why 42 seconds? did you ever end up building this?
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by mdu96 6y ago
yes :)
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by mdu96 6y ago
@rahulpyd, love your post!
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by mdu96 6y ago
yeah that's a really great point -- how standups are most useful when the people in them are working closely together, and especially not useful when the people aren't working closely together (e.g. like you and the salesperson).
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by mdu96 6y ago
Blockers usually take longer than ~15 minutes to discuss & resolve, though, and because those discussions are definitely not relevant for the rest of the group, they're not meant to be had in the standup. Instead, we think blockers
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by mdu96 6y ago
"people starting at the void waiting their turn" -- this is precisely why I think status meetings in general should be avoided!
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Daily standups should be async(cadencework.com)
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A Photographer Recreated Outdoor Adventures with Household Stuff(atlasobscura.com)
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How I drastically improved my Twitter experience(melissadu.com)
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Show HN: Save Yourself from Bad Meetings(meetingeliminator.com)
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Use Solarized Color Theme in Your Code Editor to Reduce Eye Strain(maketecheasier.com)
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Notes on the Beijing Tech Scene(melissadu.com)
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Everyone Should Learn Sales(melissadu.com)
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Machine Intelligence at Dropbox(blogs.dropbox.com)
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Asian Americans Are the Least Likely Group to Be Promoted to Management(hbr.org)
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by mdu96 8y ago
"Of course, unscrupulous firms like Cambridge Analytica are also able to access some users’ personal data by finding exploits in Facebook’s policies." The "unscrupulous firms" did not find an exploit in Facebook's p

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