Keeping track. Something I do with professional projects
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I typically keep a /notes folder under my professional work such that I can write down pertinent things that come up as the project progresses such as technical points from a phone conversation relevant to the completing the software project (what hardware driver ICs are being used for example) It does a few things. It keeps me organized, and keeps my notes safely in source control. It also keeps things handy for other people I work with to go through. It's very simple to do, and it has proven invaluable to me time and again.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
Seriously - doesn't everyone do this?
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I typically keep a /notes folder under my professional work such that I can write down pertinent things that come up as the project progresses such as technical points from a phone conversation relevant to the completing the software project (what hardware driver ICs are being used for example) It does a few things. It keeps me organized, and keeps my notes safely in source control. It also keeps things handy for other people I work with to go through. It's very simple to do, and it has proven invaluable to me time and again.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I typically keep a /notes folder under my professional work such that I can write down pertinent things that come up as the project progresses such as technical points from a phone conversation relevant to the completing the software project (what hardware driver ICs are being used for example) It does a few things. It keeps me organized, and keeps my notes safely in source control. It also keeps things handy for other people I work with to go through. It's very simple to do, and it has proven invaluable to me time and again.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Historically I've been a bad note taker. Recently I've started using Microsoft One Note and really like it.
Greetings, I've used everything from 3 ring binders (IBM Mainframes) to "Note" filling a folder with a scary amount of entries to OneNote, Excel and a home grown DB. And all of that was stored on my workstation as well as being emailed to my personal email account. (USB drives were verboten.) In many cases, the USB drive was disabled except for certain tech support logins. The built-in CD/DVD drive was limited to read-only. We had Dev Ops but after some notes 'disappeared' I carried on with my system (was told it wasn't needed :suss:) The person who deleted the entries claimed it was a 'mistake'. :doh: :rolleyes: :wtf: What ever...
Cegarman document code? If it's not intuitive, you're in the wrong field :D
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I typically keep a /notes folder under my professional work such that I can write down pertinent things that come up as the project progresses such as technical points from a phone conversation relevant to the completing the software project (what hardware driver ICs are being used for example) It does a few things. It keeps me organized, and keeps my notes safely in source control. It also keeps things handy for other people I work with to go through. It's very simple to do, and it has proven invaluable to me time and again.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I've been using Azure DevOps for all my code work, so I have my repo, tasks and other documentation altogether. I especially like that I can tie a commit to a particular story or task, so if I forget why I made a change, it's easy to follow the links...
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I've been using Azure DevOps for all my code work, so I have my repo, tasks and other documentation altogether. I especially like that I can tie a commit to a particular story or task, so if I forget why I made a change, it's easy to follow the links...
It's nice when you have that kind of infrastructure. Currently I work for myself from home, so I am not similarly equipped. Nor do I work routinely but rather in spurts, so it doesn't really pay for me to have a subscription to anything major since I'll take a month sabbatical here and there. Necessity is the mother of invention, and I find keeping everything simple works well enough for me. :)
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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It's nice when you have that kind of infrastructure. Currently I work for myself from home, so I am not similarly equipped. Nor do I work routinely but rather in spurts, so it doesn't really pay for me to have a subscription to anything major since I'll take a month sabbatical here and there. Necessity is the mother of invention, and I find keeping everything simple works well enough for me. :)
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I work from home to, as an independent contractor. And there is no cost to using Azure DevOps for small teams. I have several large repos there that I maintain. And it does make it easier when I can share the stories I am working on with my clients...
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I work from home to, as an independent contractor. And there is no cost to using Azure DevOps for small teams. I have several large repos there that I maintain. And it does make it easier when I can share the stories I am working on with my clients...
Oh, i thought it was pay to play for professional stuff. thanks! :)
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Oh, i thought it was pay to play for professional stuff. thanks! :)
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
It is certainly worth looking at it. I believe you can have up to 5 people who can access your AzDo site. And having a VS license doesn't count to that limit. Mind you, I haven't looked if any of this has changed. And there are services on it they they do charge for. But for the most part I have no problems with just using the free services
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I typically keep a /notes folder under my professional work such that I can write down pertinent things that come up as the project progresses such as technical points from a phone conversation relevant to the completing the software project (what hardware driver ICs are being used for example) It does a few things. It keeps me organized, and keeps my notes safely in source control. It also keeps things handy for other people I work with to go through. It's very simple to do, and it has proven invaluable to me time and again.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I started keeping my own daily, chronological notes (new day = new page) in OneNote; my oldest entry goes back to 2010. This was before they had an online version, or at least, an online version that worked reliably enough to use. Otherwise this is where I'd be keeping them. There *are* good tidbits that we share in a company notebook (online version of OneNote), but my own notes tend to build upon the previous day's work, so without the greater context they wouldn't be particularly useful for anyone but myself. It's been useful, despite the fact that the search feature could use a lot of polish.
I used to use Evernote, until it forced me to use the cloud version. Then I moved to Cherrytree (because I value the portability), then I moved to Microsoft OneNote because I was mainly using windows - but OneNote has been unstable for me across many PC's and networks and lost data. I'm currently going with Markdown files in a directory structure. Portable. I can edit on anything anywhere. I can print or review with formatting and images. Ultimate control of where the files are stored. I can also search directories and files using GREP (or similar). Finally, I've found what seems to work best for me.