Five for Friday – June 28, 2024

The first half of the year comes to a close, and I have five more things to share.

  • It’s been a while since I linked to a Mike Cohn article, but his post this week asking if Agile and Scrum are dead is full of good points.
  • This article – Mental Well-being and Productivity in Tech: Survey Results isn’t particularly surprising – but it is interesting.
  • I came across Prefect this week, and it looks super-interesting. Github link is here as well if you want to dive in quickly. I feel like this is a thing that a lot of orgs need – but don’t know they need.
  • I’m hiking a chunk of the Pacific Crest Trail next week, and have found the PCT Interactive Map really helpful for seeing how much snow I’m going to run into (or avoid).
  • A friend recently gave me a cool wall project built using WLED – it’s simple, but really cool tech and a lot of fun (and I’m not even building anything – just playing with the settings).

And that’s that. Note – I’m taking next week off while I go on a walk in the woods. See you on July 12.

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