Ken Muse
Mythical Time

Mythical Time

Time is a precious resource. Did you know it's also the source of common myths among managers? And those myths can drain productivity (and happiness) from teams...

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GitHub Actions Injection

GitHub Actions Injection

If you can code it, someone will find a way to exploit it ( accidentally or intentionally). Anytime development efforts are involved, it's important to minimize security risks and bugs. This is also true with GitHub Actions, which allows you to script advanced automation solutions. Because of this, it's important to understand where injection can occur and how to avoid it.

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Life After Git Squash

Life After Git Squash

Git has some interesting behaviors built into it. For example, it makes it easy to squash a set of commits into a single commit. This creates a very simple history. But what happens if that history that you're eliminating has a tag applied to it? Does that tag get eliminated? Does it point to the newly squashed commit? Today's article explores what to expect in that situation … and why.

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Understanding Push Triggers and Branches in GitHub

Understanding Push Triggers and Branches in GitHub

It can sometimes be challenging to understand how branches work with the process of triggering Actions workflows in GitHub. Can you have a workflow per-branch? What about child branches? Plan your strategy with confidence by learning when the Actions workflow will run.

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Modeling the Hidden Costs of Development

Modeling the Hidden Costs of Development

In the last post, we explored the expensive nature of technical debt and bad development practices. Today, we look at how to create financial models that help you to understand your actual costs.

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