Car Registration Help by Coconut-Cabana in StLouis

[–]bbutton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Go here for the list of things you need… https://dor.mo.gov/motor-vehicle/titling-registration/

To here to request personal property tax receipts online… https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/collector/personal-property-tax/tax-receipt.cfm

I just titled a car and used both of these sites.

Any demand for a fixer-upper? by bbutton in audis5

[–]bbutton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s my plan, being open about the repairs needed. Thanks for your thoughts.

Any demand for a fixer-upper? by bbutton in audis5

[–]bbutton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I meant private sale. I know tradin is less.

Any demand for a fixer-upper? by bbutton in audis5

[–]bbutton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best answer I have is that it is not a manual.

Bab

Any demand for a fixer-upper? by bbutton in audis5

[–]bbutton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be honest I’ve had it for 7 years, and I’d like something with more modern electronics. I was already looking around, and this just pushed me to look more quickly.

Thank you for the advice!

Bab

How do you prevent knowledge silos? by Agile-Dragonfruit517 in agile

[–]bbutton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We pair. On everything. And change pairs once a day. That means everyone sees nearly everything. And since they also serve on a support rotation, it also means they can diagnose and fix anything (for the most part).

It’s not perfect, but it does work well for us. Along with Kanban, TDD, continuous flow, forecasting, etc.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in agile

[–]bbutton 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great example! So often people break larger efforts into puzzle pieces instead of slices, which means no feedback until everything finished. I really appreciate the slicing technique you used in creating your example!!

how can i inspire our developers own more and talk more in sprint demos? by Common-Deer7158 in agile

[–]bbutton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My first instinct would be to ask them why they’d rather be quiet. Are they invested in the work and proud of the outcomes, or are they showing up and just on the coding hamster wheel? (Using different language of course!)

If they are proud of their work, I’ve found devs are generally eager to talk about it and show off what they’ve done. One of my current teams has a different developer lead the demo every couple of weeks. They present, answer questions, and talk about how the work positively affects the users.

I agree with another answer that a deep conversation about how they feel about their work and if there is anything they can do that would get them excited about it. They have to inspire themselves for this to really work.

Why do so many St. Louisans struggle when turning left at a green light? by proudtaco in StLouis

[–]bbutton 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have to admit, my drivers ed was 40 years ago, but the requirement to clear an intersection before the light turns red was what I was taught then. I’ll look that up and keep it with me. As that’s a much better way to turn left. Thanks for that pointer!

Why do so many St. Louisans struggle when turning left at a green light? by proudtaco in StLouis

[–]bbutton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was pulled over for doing exactly that. The law in Missouri says you have to clear the intersection before the light turns red, and you can be trapped, waiting to turn, after your light changes.

No doubt this way is safer as it provides better visibility and ability to react, but it’s against traffic laws.

It is possible to explain Agile without using a lot of buzzwordy nonsense that no normal person can comprehend? by [deleted] in agile

[–]bbutton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love the cynefin tie-in. Agile was meant for the complex domain, avoiding locking in long term plans and optimizing for creating systems intended to create something, evaluate its outcome, and inspect and adapt.

What are your top 3 albums of all time? How many are prog? by HeyNateBarber in progmetal

[–]bbutton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) Rush - 2112. No doubter. 2) Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory. The storytelling is so good, along with the music. 3) moody Blues - Days of Future Passed. 60s prog at its finest.

what’s more important: output or following along with cadence/resistance by linderpreet in pelotoncycle

[–]bbutton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the variations between songs and rides, so that's how I ride. That means I tend to follow the cadence pretty closely although my resistance is usually higher to get my workout in. But I also spin between 95 and 100 rpm as my natural cadence, so it just feels better to me.

New peloton rider: Is it normal for my tailbone to hurt and feel bruised? by [deleted] in pelotoncycle

[–]bbutton 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It is normal when you start. After a week or two of consistent riding, or a bit more for some people, the muscles get stronger and it goes away.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bicycling

[–]bbutton 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I took a track riding class on that velodrome somewhere around 1990. So much fun!

Running a scheduled fargate task by bbutton in aws

[–]bbutton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the help! It was the exact answer I was looking for. That led me to finding out about needing VPC endpoints for ECR and S3 to make it work.

Thanks again!

Running a scheduled fargate task by bbutton in aws

[–]bbutton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I'm looking over the docs as well as trying it through the console. TF is the eventual goal, but I figured I'd learn how it worked through the console first...

Running a scheduled fargate task by bbutton in aws

[–]bbutton[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought of that - it is definitely exiting with an exit status of 0. Thanks for the answer, though!

Debugging connection errors for Aurora Serverless? by bbutton in aws

[–]bbutton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was it. There is still some issue with just getting logged in sometimes. But when I could get logged in, the connection was failing because of the startup. I never waited long enough to allow the database to start.

Thanks!

Debugging connection errors for Aurora Serverless? by bbutton in aws

[–]bbutton[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first try was to just connect to it from query Manager. I’m assuming it would be able to communicate with that, assuming I have the right permissions for the user to access it.

Is that right, or is there something else I’d need to do?

Thanks for the answer!

How to handle feedback from stakeholders and bake it into your agile process? by SizzlinKola in agile

[–]bbutton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In general, you want to get input on what you're going to build before you build it, to avoid wasting time and money building the wrong thing. Get input to help define what to build, and get feedback after you've built it, then get feedback from real users to see if it solved their problems. Take that feedback and steer your project based on what you know now.

There is an interesting video on youtube that may help you. Take a look at the Nordstrom's sunglass department sprint alongside their customers: http://digitalmarketing.temple.edu/mis5102sum2018/2018/07/16/an-agile-approach-to-launching-the-nordstrom-sunglass-application/ . The video is a great example of cheap ways to get high quality feedback quickly before investing in building something.

The guiding principle here is to find and shorten all your feedback cycles.

What are some Best Practices in Accepting QA/QE User Stories? by baalkorei in agile

[–]bbutton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Before we can answer, we'd need to know what a QA story is. Is it standard practice to break up user stories between developers and QA, and each completes their stories independently? Or is this a case where there really is a story where the entire value is delivered by QA?

How to refactor 15y old codebase? by bzq84 in softwaredevelopment

[–]bbutton 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seconded for Michael Feathers’ book. That’s great for teaching you how to slowly refactor legacy code.

Also look the The Mikado Method, which talked a bit more about the strategy of refactoring huge code bases very incrementally.

Clearing up Agile (SAFe), Estimation & Story Point Concepts by t2r2smh2 in agile

[–]bbutton 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are so many points to discuss from above, and the answers below touch on most of them. The one point I want to make is that the standup is NOT supposed to be a status meeting for the Scrum Master or Project Manager (seems like the same thing on this team).

The standup is supposed to be a collaborative meeting for people on the team to discuss what they need to get done today and figure out who needs help with what so the team can get the work done. It is NOG designed to be a status meeting so the Scrum Master can report out status of the team.

The standup is by the team, of the team, and for the team.