Resources for promoting to Maven Central

Reminder for myself: this is a very good write up how to promote – https://dzone.com/articles/publish-your-artifacts-to-maven-central Official guide – https://central.sonatype.org/pages/releasing-the-deployment.html Requirements (very important) – https://central.sonatype.org/pages/releasing-the-deployment.html Notes for the DZone article – no need to keep gpg password in plaintext, it will prompt. However, for sonatype password it doesn’t prompt so for now my solution is to add and then… Continue reading Resources for promoting to Maven Central

Some trouble with JUnit 5 and solution

Yesterday had a pretty weird issue with Junit 5 which didn’t compile. Spent half a day trying to tweak pom file, specify specific directory and making sure I have proper scope and such. Funniest thing tests were working from eclipse, but from CLI both tests and package compilation fails. Turns out Eclipse was using incorrect… Continue reading Some trouble with JUnit 5 and solution

MMORPG Holy Trinity and Startup Management

Just a thought from my gaming past and my startup and management work: how the MMO Holy Trinity has real-life management and startup application. Since I’m working on a DevOps and software startup, that’s what I’m going to reference explaining this thought. Let’s start with an assumption, that every successful business group needs every trinity… Continue reading MMORPG Holy Trinity and Startup Management

Movies and Series a Manager Should Watch

Below is a list of movies and series that create in my opinion top list for any manager to watch. As always, I may update this list from time to time: Moneyball – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210166/ Silicon Valley – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2575988/ Office Space – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804 Inception – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666 The Matrix – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486

“Jobs to Be Done”

Really enjoyed this HBR piece – https://hbr.org/2016/09/know-your-customers-jobs-to-be-done. Great insight into one of major limitations of our machine learning / pattern matching age. Quantitative analysis of data does not replace qualitative. And it is frequently non-obvious how to merge the two together — which often results in resorting to simple solutions (or “we have always done it… Continue reading “Jobs to Be Done”

DevOps KPIs: Distance between latest and oldest production versions

Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the subject of KPIs that should be used in DevOps. Among them, maybe the most important is the number of different versions the team has to maintain at a time. This particular indicator frequently comes to the top of my list. To me, this indicator mainly resembles Army… Continue reading DevOps KPIs: Distance between latest and oldest production versions

Why We Sleep – Time To Rethink Sleep At Workplace

I just finished reading absolutely amazing book “Why We Sleep” by Matthew Walker and I highly recommend it for everyone. Hopefully, this book may finally change perception of sleep in organizations. I remember about 15 years ago in Moscow, while Russia was one of the faster growing emerging markets, there was this popular phrase –… Continue reading Why We Sleep – Time To Rethink Sleep At Workplace