Adam Neumann's blog

The old way
When developing features, I'll often use temporary WIP branches to store WIP commits before squashing them into a single feature commit.To squash the WIP commits, I have always run git rebase -i HEAD~x, where x is the number of commits to squash.To calculate...

In this post, I want to talk about a particular experience on a recent project.It started when my pair asked me the straight forward question "What does the pipe mean in that YAML?".
I'll start with by going over my initial response, then how I caught myself being fearful and prideful, and then how I changed my response to one of honesty and vulnerability.After that, I'll touch on why this all matters.Finally, I'll wrap with a summary...

The problem: Git experience required
One common situation I face when working with platform teams is the huge variation in the individuals' Git experience.Git experience, although common for developers, is far less common for those with more traditional infrastructure or operations backgrounds...