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Creating a Backup for the Self-hosted Community Odoo Database (and Filestore)

Creating the Backup Manually It's usually best to automate this process, but you can visit this URL to create and download a zipped backup of your database and filestore: <your_domain>/web/database/ma...

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Dec 29, 2024

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Software Sage #10: Test Driven Development (TDD) is Best Driven Development (BDD)

I hear that TDD is a very useful practice, yet no team I've worked on (so far) has pushed its use. I was introduced to it by Dave Farley , and ever since I've been hooked. There are no silver bullets,...

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Dec 16, 2024

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Software Sage #9: Words Mean Things, today I am Picking on 'Ownership'

Words mean things. We have to be careful with them. To demonstrate this, I am picking on the word Ownership, which is often utilized in Startups. There is a tendency to pack a lot of meaning into them...

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Dec 16, 2024

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Software Sage #8: Fast Feedback Loops increase Dev Velocity

Software Engineering is characterized by Feedback Loops. The faster the Feedback Loop, the faster the Dev Velocity. (Wouldn't that be 'Eng Velocity' for Engineers? I guess Dev Velocity is catchier..) ...

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Dec 16, 2024

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Software Sage #7: Search is a Common Pattern, OpenSearch might Help

Being able to search for something is a fundamental pattern. Similar to my Amplify article a few editions ago talking about building MVPs rapidly, this article will be tool-focused. Searching for a Se...

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Dec 16, 2024

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Software Sage #3: 100x Software Engineering - Solve User Pain, Write Quality Code

100x Software Engineering is when you build something someone actually uses. If a Startup is practicing user-centered Design, they might realize that a helpful way to make actual progress is to start ...

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Dec 16, 2024

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Software Sage #2: Cognitive Load (Read Me)

Sweet, adding 'Read Me' to the title of my Newsletter worked... TL;DR: You, your team, your boss, and the user of your software all have limited mental bandwidth ( Cognitive Load ). Each has specific ...

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Dec 16, 2024

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Software Sage #6: Soft Skills are just as important as Tech Skills

Soft Skill Importance == Tech Skill Importance There is overwhelming evidence that things categorized as 'Soft Skills' are important, but I rarely see them being woven into coursework. Occasionally I ...

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Dec 16, 2024

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Software Sage #5: Startups & Conflict

Conflict Vectors I had a great conversation earlier this week with a group of CTO's and Founders where we discussed conflict at Startups. Conflict between Founders and the Team(s)/Individual Contribut...

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Dec 16, 2024

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Software Sage #4: Rapid MVP Prototyping with AWS Amplify

I wanted to share an approach to rapid prototyping that has been working really well for me. Each Cloud provider has some kind of service like this, but my experience so far has been with AWS Amplify ...

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Dec 16, 2024

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The Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

I approach MVPs using the scientific method. Create a disprovable hypothesis, test the hypothesis with experiments, and use the resulting data as feedback. An experiment is not necessarily created wit...

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Dec 16, 2024

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Engineering Leadership

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Documentation

Documentation is the long-term memory of your organization, the tool through which knowledge & process can be iterated on, and the evidence that change needs to be made. Diataxis is a framework throug...

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Dec 16, 2024

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