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When a developer leaves and takes years of understanding about how a system works with them, this valuable resource can be lost.
What is institutional knowledge?
Before winter weather arrives, this should be cleaned of leaves and debris to prevent water damage and ice dams.
What are gutters and downspouts?
This loop is designed specifically for iterating over arrays and collections.
What is an enhanced for loop or for-each-loop?
This is the first name of the lead protagonist in The Hunger Games.
What is Katniss?
Good documentation, meaningful variable names, and automated tests can make this process easier when a new developer takes over an existing codebase.
What is onboarding?
Before temperatures drop, disconnect and drain these outdoor items to prevent them from freezing and bursting.
What are garden hoses and exterior water lines?
This VSC terminal shortcut is used to open a file or directory.
What is `code`?
This is the newest category of Ethernet cable, designed to support speeds up to 40 Gbps.
What is Cat8?
When only one developer knows how a critical application, tool, or process works, the team has created one of these risks.
What is a single point of failure?
These should be tested before heating season to make sure your home can warn you about fire and this colorless, odorless gas.
What are smoke and carbon monoxide detectors?
This framework is used to create the GUIs for many of the tools in LADON.
What is PyQt?
"Sport," "Department," and "Profession" could all be examples of these in a spreadsheet.
What are categories?
Code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge-sharing sessions can help prevent this situation where critical technical knowledge exists only in one person's head.
What is knowledge silos?
Tree branches hanging over your house should be trimmed before winter because snow and ice can cause them to do this.
What is break/fall and damage the roof or property?
This member of the C&A team is a strong (and tall) advocate of Test Driven Development ⛏️⛰️
Who is Randy Ellison?
This brand of heavy equipment is well known for its iconic yellow construction machinery.
What is Caterpillar?
When a developer leaves, having source code, build instructions, deployment procedures, credentials, and system documentation readily available can significantly reduce this.
What is transition time?
Before using a fireplace for the first time in the fall, this should be inspected and cleaned to remove a dangerous buildup.
What is the chimney?
This software development practice involves integrating small code changes frequently and automatically building and testing the application to catch problems early.
What is Continuous Integration (CI)?
In SAP, this shortcut opens your current timesheet for entering or reviewing time.
What is cat2?