# NASA Teamwork, Laracon, Code Reviews, Scrum Meets Reality, and The Tip of the CMS Iceberg!

> We talk about Scrums and who is the scrum master! CodeReview do it not or pay later? And does the client really need a CMS?

URL: https://chat.dailyai.studio/posts/nasa-teamwork-laracon-code-reviews-345/
Date: 2015-07-26

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##News & Goings On

###NASA International Space Station Tours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kVxk6Drm2I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afBm0Dpfj_k

###Another great Full Stack Radio interview
22: Corey Haines - The 4 Rules of Simple Design http://fullstackradio.com/episodes/22/
The mention Destroy all Software https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/screencasts
4 rules of Simple Design book https://leanpub.com/4rulesofsimpledesign
Design patterns come from your software not put into your software
Do not pre optimize wait for 3 uses etc

###Ember Js http://5by5.tv/changelog/165 Betting the Company on Ember.js with Brian Cardarella from DockYard.
One of the things in the back of my mind is would Ember be better for us as a team.
For one it has opinions so as a team we move into the style guide
CLI for quick building of code and workflows

###PHP[World] 2015 https://world.phparch.com/pricing-and-registration/

###Laracon 2015 http://laracon.us/ August 11th and 12th
Taylor Otwell unveiling something new

###Conference Talks Follow Up
http://www.laravelpodcast.com/
http://www.decksetapp.com/

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Slides are markdown files

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Not as customizable but much quicker

###NYC Camp Update
http://nyccamp.org/
Al - good panel, the talk was hard due to not planning on being scrunched up at a desk leaning over and trying to type. Code samples over slides etc. But overall good panel.
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###The Economics of Sleep http://freakonomics.com/2015/07/16/the-economics-of-sleep-part-2-a-new-freakonomics-radio-episode/ on FreakOnomics
How early to bed early to rise might not be a out of data saying

###HoloLens Minecraft Demo - E3 2015 Microsoft Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNoHNTaP_Gk&feature=youtu.be&a

###The Unmistakable Creative Podcast: Unlearn Everything You Know About Business with DHH
https://unmistakablecreative.com/podcast/unlearning-everything-you-know-about-business-with-david-heinemeier-hansson

##Latest Readings
Still the book Building Microservices this chapter Deployment
Docker being the winner in this chapter and we are starting to learn eb.
CI being key as well.

##Q & A

###Code Reviews and Onboarding New Developers
Al - why I am paying 10x the time saved not doing it. ) :

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Learning

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Quality

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Shared knowledge

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Verify tests are included

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Inspires better code

Great conversation on how to do it in a way that is not offensive and other tips with Derek Prior of ThoughtBot
http://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/216-rr-code-review-culture-with-derek-prior
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###Scrum meets Our Reality
Who is the Scrum Master
How many Projects per Scrum/Sprint
Thoughtbot and NO PM but let the Developer/Designers Talk
http://www.amazon.com/60-Minute-Scrum-Book-ebook/dp/B00CZBL7CM
Nathan will start our Guide to this

###Do we need a Laravel based CMS
Oktober CMS and thoughts on when a CMS is appropriate
http://maxoffsky.com/code-blog/list-cmss-built-laravel/

Al - my hesitation is that I do not want to build a site/app around a cms but rather see a CMS as part of the project that I can plug in as needed.
