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Grzegorz Wierzowiecki's avatar

"Root causes neglected again? Teams scrambling for surface-level wins? Save this link for the right moment."

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Roman Vorushin's avatar

Despite being the shortest, this one piece of wisdom is one of my favourite!

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Jos Visser's avatar

Thank you for your kind words!

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Paul Libert's avatar

"we deserved a treat after a grueling eight hour shift in the protocol buffer mines"

Still healthier than the real coal mines, I suppose.

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Jos Visser's avatar

Also, better treats than in coal mines...

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Tom Scott's avatar

Is "should videos auto start in silent offices" a knowledge problem? ;-)

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Jos Visser's avatar

This is the first time that I am publishing _with_ the article on Wednesday (previously the video came separately). Auto-play is indeed annoying as hell. I am looking for a setting to disable that, but I am not sure if that is possible. I have seen many posts complaining about that "feature".

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Tom Scott's avatar

no worries, I now know where the mute button is on my keyboard so not all bad...

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Grzegorz Wierzowiecki's avatar

Great post! Sure useful to share when needed!

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Naveen Siddareddy's avatar

how did the feeling of "getting rewarded with french fries after long hours" came about? isn't this the marketing by someone in food manufacturing going through the same long hours feeling ? I am not sure if this has a start but stop is definitely with individual?

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Patrik Reali's avatar

Wise words! Knowledge is rarely the problem (if that's the case then either run away or ask for a raise). Time is the real bottleneck. And software is like wine, it can get really good but needs time and constant love to mature.

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Huub's avatar

Thank you, Jos. Good to remember in my next discussion about code quality.

Also: Either you solved the auto-play problem sever side or I solved it client side.

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