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> I've gone back to consuming a limited amount (~1.5 cups) only between 10am and 6pm. I used to have none on weekends feeling a bit off to reset but eventually even this seemed pointless, so 10am-6pm every day has been working well.

That! I lived on zero coffee for many years, however, it is much more difficult to do so once I became a father. I am consuming a maximum of 2 cups of coffee: first one around 10am, the second one in the afternoon but strictly before 5pm. I do that Monday-Friday and I either consume less or no coffee at all on weekend.

I also use decaf if I want to a coffee (as a drink, not as a boosting drug) and if I already consumed my daily 2 cups.


While I agree that the key to success is _a lot_ of communication, there is much more to the management of remote teams than that: you should treat them like the on-site teams; communicate a lot but prefer video conferencing; try to give your remote teams the overall context; stick to as few means of communication as possible (if it's email, then stick to email).


Why change something that works? It is much easier/faster to use short IDs than long user story titles.


> Won't a strong economy increase the pace at which we develop and produce life saving technologies?

And yet, for some reason, having a strong economy in the US didn't make the country better prepared for this crisis.


Could you comment more about the UK?


Yes, they do but it depends on the context. In my previous company (web agency) they were solving several issues at the same time:

- Project Manager (Proxy Product Owner) is communicating with the client on a daily basis and is getting some important updates about the progress of the Sprint;

- if there are some unexpected developments (for example, some User Stories appeared to be more complex) the Team and the PO can make a decision about it together, discuss various options, etc;

- the distributed team has a chance to see each other (we were encouraging video calls via Google Meet).

However, there are some certain rules which should be followed in order to make Daily Scrums effective:

- video (or at least audio) conferences for distributed teams – it can actually be slower to have this meeting via Slack;

- they must be timeboxed (15 minutes max);

- stay pragmatic about what you are discussing and ask the feedback of your team about it.


In the case of a missile strike, wouldn't the aircraft disintegrate in the air?


Aircraft may partly disintegrate, but this is not the main mode of operation of air defense systems.

The main mode of operation is to produce a relatively small near-by explosion that creates a wave of moving particles (shrapnel). Shrapnel causes the destruction of everything it touches.

Engines, radio transmitters, communications, and sadly... people.


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However, it is still better than in the most of the other European cities and it would probably take less or equal time if you had to do the same trip by car.


Tech-related: 1. TypeScript 2. GraphQL 3. Rust 4. AWS (serverless-related) 5. Functional programming in general

Less-tech: 1. Lean Startup 2. Reading "Cultivating communities of practice" by Etienne Wenger 3. Trying to understand the rentability of real estate investments


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