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GITHUB
TOOLS
AND THEIR
HIDDEN POWER

HELLO!
Pablo Villar @volbap
_iOS dev since 2011
_swifter since 2015
pablo@inakanetworks.com
_swiftBA co-organizer

AND THEIR HIDDEN POWER
GITHUB
TOOLS
Lecture #1

NOTIFICATIONS

What's the usual problem?

What's the usual problem?
2656

AND ANY MEME YOU CAN
IMAGINE...

TOO MANY NOTIFICATIONS
● You never read them
● You are missing this tool!
● You depend on others to tell you:
○ "Hey, review this PR..."
○ "Please, check out my latest comments..."
○ "Hey, AGAIN, review this PR..."
○ And so on...

● If other people work like you, it also
depends on you to tell them:
○ "You haven't reviewed this PR yet..."
○ "Yes, but you haven't seen my updates..."
○ And the like...
COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD!
WHAT'S MORE...

A COMMUNICATION PROBLEM

● Chats become overwhelmed
● Therefore, people tend not to read them
● Thus... Another tool is teared down!
COMMUNICATION OVERLOAD!

NOT USING GITHUB NOTIFICATIONS
RECAP
COMMUNICATION
ISSUES
OVERALL SLOWNESS

THE SOLUTION
USE
GITHUB
NOTIFICATIONS

THE SOLUTION
EMBRACE
GITHUB
NOTIFICATIONS

THE SOLUTION
ENCOURAGE
GITHUB
NOTIFICATIONS

THE ISSUE
2656… but WHY?

● There are lots of repos out there
● You're subscribed to lots of them
● And BY DEFAULT,
○ YOU ARE WATCHING
THEM ALL!
THE ISSUE

I'M WATCHING YOU
AND YOU
AND YOU TOO!AND YOU...
AND YOU

THE APPROACH
● WATCH LESS REPOS
○ Which repos?
■ ONLY THE ONES YOU
ARE WORKING WITH
● YES, it is as simple as it.

Lots of repos...
...
...
...
In the Notifications panel...
ONLY THE REPOS YOU NEED
● HOW?
1. UNWATCH
THEM ALL!

● THEN...
2. SELECT THE ONES YOU
WANNA WATCH
a. Go to a particular repo
b. Set your subscription status
to Watching

● AND FINALLY...
3. KEEP CONTROL
OVER
WHAT YOU ARE
WATCHING
AND DO IT OFTEN!
Certain repos...
...
...
...

● REMEMBER:
1. UNWATCH all the repos
2. SELECT those you wanna watch
3. KEEP CONTROL regularly
ALWAYS !
ONCE

● DO TAKE CARE OF NOTIFICATIONS!
LAST, BUT NOT LEAST...

TIPS
1. Customize your Notification Settings

TIPS
2. Use Chrome extensions

TOOLS THAT WILL HELP YOU OUT:
BONUS TRACK
2. Use Chrome extensions

3. Unsubscribe from your emails
TIPS

Or…
Disable this setting:
TIPS

THE OUTCOME
Instead of...
Messages that contaminate your chat
rooms, and can be avoided...

THE OUTCOME
You end up with...
Requests that are in their place.

THE OUTCOME
Instead of bothering teammates at any time
and make them lose their focus...

THE OUTCOME
You leave your request;
And people will take care about it when
it's their moment to do so.

THE OUTCOME
Yeah, yeah, everything looks nice, BUT...
● What if people don't attend
my requests regularly?
● Isn't it so easy to fall
into this?

THE OUTCOME
It needs conscientization of people
It requires compromise from everyone
taking care of notifications regularly
These processes take time to gear
WARNINGS:

THE OUTCOME
CONS:
Responses are not always immediate
When in urgency, you would still need to
use chat, or face-to-face communication

THE OUTCOME
PROS:
Prevents chat rooms from overwhelming
People are less annoyed
People are more focused on their tasks
Increases overall productivity
Events' tracking is more accurate
People have more organized schedules

IN CONCLUSION
IF WE USE GITHUB NOTIFICATIONS
WE WORK BETTER AS A TEAM
PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES

IN CONCLUSION
What about me?
● You work more professionally
● Your personal career path grows
● Don't forget that most of what's tracked
on Github, is part of your CV!
Yes, but perhaps that's a bit "from the company"
point of view...

THANK YOU!
Questions?
pablo@inakanetworks.com
@volbap

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