Digest, April, '23

Digest Contents

1. Github Actions

I am no expert in these things any longer, but Github actions seem like an extremely powerful way to automate and streamline modern software delivery. I found this tutorial about Github actions to be very interesting.

2. Release Manager Role

Things are different in the enterprise in, well, all kinds of ways. I won’t list them in a breezy round-up, but one crucial way is the emergence of more specialized roles, often in response to heightened risk profiles or regulatory concerns. Release manager is a role like this, and here’s an interesting look at what that role involves.

3. Core Web Vitals

Given how much work we do with clients using search engine traffic as a primary distribution channel, we keep an eye on any and all threats to threats to success. One of the primary such threats is a site that performs poorly, which Google evaluates against its so-called core web vitals. If you’re trying to drive search engine traffic, give this a read.

4. Continuous Testing

Thinking back to my software days, I was a big fan of taxonomies in and around software testing. I think it’s important to be precise about terminology, so I’m a fan of creating definitions around terms like continuous testing.

5. Purchase Approval Process

Wrangle is doing cool stuff with automating business workflows for businesses that work in Slack, especially as it pertains to IT ticketing. Building a remote, Slack-heavy business, this hits home for me, so I’ve been consuming this content, like a post about setting up a purchase approval process.