<div dir="ltr">Much of that all sounds great to me! Should we add these things to the FxA schedule in sched? It looks like most other teams in the Firefox org[1] have sub-tags, I'm not sure what it takes to get <a href="https://hawaiiallhands2016.sched.org/overview/type/Firefox/Accounts">https://hawaiiallhands2016.sched.org/overview/type/Firefox/Accounts</a><br><br>[1]: <a href="https://hawaiiallhands2016.sched.org/overview/type/Firefox">https://hawaiiallhands2016.sched.org/overview/type/Firefox</a><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 1:13 PM Alex Davis <<a href="mailto:adavis@mozilla.com">adavis@mozilla.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg">+1 for 2017 planning<br class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg">+100 for fun in the sun :)<br class="gmail_msg"></div></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><br clear="all" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-4836777762512732298gmail_signature gmail_msg" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_msg">--<br class="gmail_msg">Alex Davis <span class="gmail_msg">// Mountain View</span></div><div class="gmail_msg">Product Manager // FxA & Sync<br class="gmail_msg"></div><a href="tel:(415)%20769-9247" value="+14157699247" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">(415) 769-9247</a></div><span class="gmail_msg"></span></div><div class="gmail_msg">IRC & Slack: adavis<br class="gmail_msg"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class="gmail_msg"></div><div class="gmail_extra gmail_msg"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg">On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 11:47 AM, Ryan Kelly <span dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg"><<a href="mailto:rfkelly@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">rfkelly@mozilla.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg"><blockquote class="gmail_quote gmail_msg" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail_msg">On 23/11/16 06:42, Alex Davis wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
> I propose we make a schedule so we can do a few different things. I<br class="gmail_msg">
> don't think we need to limit ourselves. Many things can benefit from the<br class="gmail_msg">
> team getting together.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Here are proposed ideas I suggest we dedicate time to since we can get a<br class="gmail_msg">
> lot of value discussing them as a team:<br class="gmail_msg">
> - tools and hacks to boost productivity (suggested by Shane) - maybe a<br class="gmail_msg">
> half day<br class="gmail_msg">
> - meeting with the QA team that will help us moving forward (discuss<br class="gmail_msg">
> process with them) - only 1-2 hrs<br class="gmail_msg">
> - tackle data loss via password reset (OKR #3) ... might be worth<br class="gmail_msg">
> including Sync team on this one - maybe a full day<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Also maybe worth exploring/discussing:<br class="gmail_msg">
> - release cycle speed<br class="gmail_msg">
<br class="gmail_msg">
</span>Two other topics I think we should fit into the schedule:<br class="gmail_msg">
<br class="gmail_msg">
* 2017 and our plans for it; big-picture thinking type stuff.<br class="gmail_msg">
<br class="gmail_msg">
* (as Shane reminded me just now) Something fun and outdoors<br class="gmail_msg">
in the sunshine :-)<br class="gmail_msg">
<br class="gmail_msg">
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Cheers,<br class="gmail_msg">
<br class="gmail_msg">
Ryan<br class="gmail_msg">
<span class="gmail_msg"><br class="gmail_msg">
> As per catching up on technical debt, I'm not sure if there is any<br class="gmail_msg">
> benefit in doing it together. (correct me if I am wrong) In yesterday's<br class="gmail_msg">
> retrospective, it was proposed to take time every week for this<br class="gmail_msg">
> (Fridays). This makes more sense to me. I think it's something we should<br class="gmail_msg">
> do regularly and not just as a one off.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Thoughts?<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> --<br class="gmail_msg">
> Alex Davis // Mountain View<br class="gmail_msg">
> Product Manager // FxA & Sync<br class="gmail_msg">
> <a href="tel:%28415%29%20769-9247" value="+14157699247" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">(415) 769-9247</a><br class="gmail_msg">
> IRC & Slack: adavis<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 10:01 AM, Shane Tomlinson<br class="gmail_msg">
</span><div class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_-4836777762512732298h5 gmail_msg">> <<a href="mailto:stomlinson@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">stomlinson@mozilla.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:stomlinson@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">stomlinson@mozilla.com</a>>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Following on from this conversation, albeit somewhat tangential to<br class="gmail_msg">
> "shippable" work.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> One thing I'm interested in learning more about is how other people<br class="gmail_msg">
> work and what<br class="gmail_msg">
> tools and hacks they use to boost productivity. For example, I've<br class="gmail_msg">
> been using vim for years,<br class="gmail_msg">
> the key sequences I use all the time are burned into my brain, and I<br class="gmail_msg">
> get frustrated when<br class="gmail_msg">
> going to a machine that doesn't have all the same keys mapped and<br class="gmail_msg">
> plugins. I've been<br class="gmail_msg">
> using Atom for the last week to see whether it can make certain<br class="gmail_msg">
> things easier, and<br class="gmail_msg">
> unsurprisingly, it does. I see Vlad and Vijay use WebStorm, and I'm<br class="gmail_msg">
> sure it has<br class="gmail_msg">
> some awesomeness too. Another example is both Phil and I use iTerm,<br class="gmail_msg">
> a couple<br class="gmail_msg">
> of months ago Phil showed me a "replay" feature that re-runs the<br class="gmail_msg">
> command line<br class="gmail_msg">
> history - my head exploded. jrgm pulls out bash foo all the time<br class="gmail_msg">
> that I'm just like<br class="gmail_msg">
> "whaaa? That's possible?". Each time I see things like these, I feel<br class="gmail_msg">
> like I'm<br class="gmail_msg">
> slightly more productive.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> What other secrets do people have that could make others more<br class="gmail_msg">
> productive?<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Things I'm personally interested in:<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
</div></div>> * Keeping up with the Mozilla Firehose.<br class="gmail_msg">
> * Speeding up the dev cycle.<br class="gmail_msg">
> * Editors and what they provide.<br class="gmail_msg">
> o vim shortcuts, plugins.<br class="gmail_msg">
> * Searching/finding snippets.<br class="gmail_msg">
> * Writing tests to be more reliable.<br class="gmail_msg">
> * Anything related to git.<br class="gmail_msg">
> * Searching server logs for problems.<br class="gmail_msg">
<span class="gmail_msg">><br class="gmail_msg">
> What can I show? I dunno what's worthwhile to others, is there anything<br class="gmail_msg">
> others wonder how their teammates approach?<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> We might not need a full-on session for this, but if anybody has<br class="gmail_msg">
> anything they wouldn't<br class="gmail_msg">
> mind showing off, you have an audience of at least 1.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Shane<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 2:40 AM, Alex Davis <<a href="mailto:adavis@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">adavis@mozilla.com</a><br class="gmail_msg">
</span><span class="gmail_msg">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:adavis@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">adavis@mozilla.com</a>>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Following up on what Ryan and Shane said...<br class="gmail_msg">
> Here are a couple of things that might be nice to work on with<br class="gmail_msg">
> Feeley (if he is around) since it could really help to have<br class="gmail_msg">
> engineering, product and UX putting their brains together at the<br class="gmail_msg">
> same time:<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
</span>> * OKR #3: Reduce likelihood of user losing Sync data<br class="gmail_msg">
<span class="gmail_msg">><br class="gmail_msg">
> KR<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Rating<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Establish metrics and dashboard for measuring when users lose<br class="gmail_msg">
> their data.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Reduce voluntary password resets by 20%. 7% → 5.4%<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> This one seems particularly hard since the challenge of<br class="gmail_msg">
> balancing good UX and solid security is a tremendous challenge.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
</span>> * Get Feeley's proposed reversed sign-up flow up and running<br class="gmail_msg">
<span class="gmail_msg">> and ready to A/B test.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
</span>> * Phase 3-4 of email confirmation flow that we worked on in<br class="gmail_msg">
<span class="gmail_msg">> Toronto<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Just throwing those out there...<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> --<br class="gmail_msg">
> Alex Davis // Mountain View<br class="gmail_msg">
> Product Manager // FxA & Sync<br class="gmail_msg">
</span>> <a href="tel:%28415%29%20769-9247" value="+14157699247" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">(415) 769-9247</a> <tel:%28415%29%20769-9247><br class="gmail_msg">
<span class="gmail_msg">> IRC & Slack: adavis<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Shane Tomlinson<br class="gmail_msg">
</span><span class="gmail_msg">> <<a href="mailto:stomlinson@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">stomlinson@mozilla.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:stomlinson@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">stomlinson@mozilla.com</a>>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> I have a not-so-secret-secret (as in, it's not secret at<br class="gmail_msg">
> all, I talk about it regularly). I take a little bit of time<br class="gmail_msg">
> every train to pay down technical debt and only rarely do I<br class="gmail_msg">
> feel that time could be better spent elsewhere. FxA is 3<br class="gmail_msg">
> years old now and has tons of little niggles. Those little<br class="gmail_msg">
> niggles can seem like a big burden, so it's nice to get rid<br class="gmail_msg">
> of them.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> I find paying down debt helps to keep me engaged - sometimes<br class="gmail_msg">
> a small win is all that's needed to brighten an otherwise<br class="gmail_msg">
> difficult day. I take pride in the code and enjoy making it<br class="gmail_msg">
> better, it has become a regular process.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> My idea for maximizing Hawaii is to work on things that are<br class="gmail_msg">
> easier to coordinate when others are in the room. If an item<br class="gmail_msg">
> of debt meets that criteria, then yeah, perfect. The way my<br class="gmail_msg">
> quarter is shaping up, I have a feeling I'm going to be<br class="gmail_msg">
> bugging people mostly for "connect another device" and<br class="gmail_msg">
> related tasks.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Shane<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Phil Booth<br class="gmail_msg">
</span><span class="gmail_msg">> <<a href="mailto:pbooth@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">pbooth@mozilla.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:pbooth@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">pbooth@mozilla.com</a>>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Oh Vijay, that's a great shout!<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> I have so many open quality issues on the back-burner,<br class="gmail_msg">
> which I never seem to make time for but really want to<br class="gmail_msg">
> work on. Maybe I'm just bad at prioritising stuff but<br class="gmail_msg">
> having some official technical-debt time would be<br class="gmail_msg">
> brilliant I reckon.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> +1<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Vijay Budhram<br class="gmail_msg">
</span><span class="gmail_msg">> <<a href="mailto:vbudhram@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">vbudhram@mozilla.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:vbudhram@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">vbudhram@mozilla.com</a>>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> I think having a focused 2-day hack sprint would be<br class="gmail_msg">
> great. However, I have a counter proposal.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> > What should we try to do<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> I think it would be cool to help reduce some of the<br class="gmail_msg">
> technical debt that has accumulated. These are<br class="gmail_msg">
> things that we normally don't get to make explicit<br class="gmail_msg">
> time for but would make our lives better in the long<br class="gmail_msg">
> run.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> 1) More stable testing environments<br class="gmail_msg">
> 2) Faster functional tests<br class="gmail_msg">
> 3) Migrate projects to Yarn?<br class="gmail_msg">
> 4) Build trigger to test entire stack against<br class="gmail_msg">
> specific commit in any project<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> I'm sure there are more things that could be added<br class="gmail_msg">
> but that is off the top of my head.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 7:56 PM, Sean McArthur<br class="gmail_msg">
> <<a href="mailto:smcarthur@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">smcarthur@mozilla.com</a><br class="gmail_msg">
</span><span class="gmail_msg">> <mailto:<a href="mailto:smcarthur@mozilla.com" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">smcarthur@mozilla.com</a>>> wrote:<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> The Hawaii work week is only 3 weeks away! We're<br class="gmail_msg">
> starting to see more and more that can be part<br class="gmail_msg">
> of our schedule, and we could try to plan<br class="gmail_msg">
> something FxA-related that we want to get done<br class="gmail_msg">
> that week. With travel days, plenary and other<br class="gmail_msg">
> required bigger-org meetings, we could have<br class="gmail_msg">
> around 2.5 days to be together and get something<br class="gmail_msg">
> done.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> Would you all be interested in planning some<br class="gmail_msg">
> sort of sprint thingy, similar to what happened<br class="gmail_msg">
> in Toronto? Maybe we can plan a 2-day hack<br class="gmail_msg">
> sprint where on Friday afternoon we can show off<br class="gmail_msg">
> a working thing-a-ma-jig.<br class="gmail_msg">
><br class="gmail_msg">
> What should we try to do? Should we continue on<br class="gmail_msg">
> the idea that was brainstormed in Toronto? Or is<br class="gmail_msg">
> there some other small experiment someone has<br class="gmail_msg">
> wished we could just make happen with some<br class="gmail_msg">
> concentrated effort?<br class="gmail_msg">
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