| 1. | Tracking your time and use data for future estimating |
| 2. | Having things to do when queries are slow |
| 3. | Don't hesitate to automate |
| 4. | When to automate vs. manually do a task |
| 5. | Problem with manual process |
| 6. | Fix problem once detected and fix for all occurrences |
| 7. | Spend time now to save time later |
| 8. | Prioritize. Automate something you do 1x/quarter versus every day? everyday |
| 9. | Hardcoding is bad. Never do it. |
| 10. | Hard-code the first time, Refactor second time |
| 11. | Track only if you will use the data for estimating |
| 12. | Have the answers to questions your boss, customer, prospective customer or supplier will ask |
| 13. | Think about: Alarm Rule vs. Flow state |
| 14. | Problem of Adding more vs. demoing |
| 15. | You don't lose changes you make |
| 16. | The one rule for success is to follow alarms |
| 17. | Don't run full queries or reports when developing, run on one item for speed |
| 18. | Don't use user functions in Excel like file_dt() causes issues when debugging and recalc issues |
| 19. | Chart formatting y-axis and labels where y axis is .2 .2 .2 and data is .2 .2 .2 where it's really .21, .25, .29 |
| 20. | Compare PowerPoint Decks |
| 21. | Automatic time tracking embedded in buttons within a wrapper. Call an API with task, start, task-end and it records the timing |
| 22. | Be able to answer "What are you working on?" |
| 23. | be able to give status when asked |
| 24. | Major issues that made work difficult and solution (4) |
| 25. | Automate everything |
| 26. | Automate the automation |
| 27. | Test Driven Development (TDD) |
| 28. | Automated testing |
| 29. | Awareness of the costs for what you produce |
| 30. | Do post mortems |
| 31. | Issue tracking, time cost and issue prevention |
| 32. | Automate data checking |
| 33. | Simple UIs hide stuff |
| 34. | How long do various steps take |
| 35. | Everything is well documented, db, code, process, governance, etc. |
| 36. | No forgetting as code remembers |
| 37. | Work while waiting |
| 38. | way to record phone calls without having to go to private office |