June 2023

Note

Submitted by ravisagar on Fri, 06/30/2023 - 20:21

"Work smart, not hard" and "Work life balance" are myths.

Note

Submitted by ravisagar on Fri, 06/30/2023 - 07:23

Visiting Royal Observatory #Greenwich tomorrow but I don'

Confluence Cloud - Improved Space creation templates

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 06/28/2023 - 18:23

I was creating a space after a long time and noticed that the templates to create spaces have improved. At least the UI is better now.

#ConfluenceCloud #SpaceCreationTemplates

GetAnswers - How to name issue link types?

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 06/28/2023 - 18:20

Issue links in Jira are used to link to related issue together and should be name after the name of the relationship.

#GetAnswers #IssueLinkType

Is there a simple Linux calculator?

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 06/28/2023 - 18:19

I use mostly node in my terminal to perform calculations and it works nicely. I am aware of bc as well. Let me know what you use?

#Linux #Calculator

Playing Tetris in Emacs

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 06/28/2023 - 18:18

Yes, you can play games in Emacs. Try playing Tetris, it is really addictive.

#Emacs #Tetris

Atlassian Updates - UI modifications, Single Email, Admin API and Company managed fields

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 06/26/2023 - 04:00

I know you are excited about these weekly updates from the @Atlassian ecosystem.

UI modifications Issue View EAP

Creating dynamic forms on Jira Cloud using Forge was a desirable feature and with the launch of UI modifications many apps have started implementing it, for instance Behaviours on Jira Cloud is one such example which is basically a Forge app, that works along with ScriptRunner for Jira.

Org-mode - Beamer linking to another PDF

Submitted by ravisagar on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 16:27

I was facing problems including one org file inside other org file for Beamer presentation so I decided to use this workaround.

#Emacs #beamer

Missing about GNU Emacs screen

Submitted by ravisagar on Fri, 06/23/2023 - 16:27

My Emacs splash screen went missing long time back and I never bothered about it but now I want it back :)

#Emacs #SplashScreen

GetAnswers - Sprint completion report?

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 06/21/2023 - 17:07

There is no automatic Sprint completion report in Jira however apart from looking at the standard reports in Jira you can also create an automation rule based on the Sprint Completion event.

#GetAnswers #Sprint

Atlassian Updates - Smart queries optional, Insight improvements and Jira Email Batching

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 06/19/2023 - 04:00

Time to go through the recent updates from the @Atlassian ecosystem related to Smart queries, Insight and email batching. #AtlassianUpdates #TeaWithRavi

Smart queries will be optional

Search in Jira is crucial feature, people rely on it to find the issues. We all know about the basic search, advanced search using JQL and of course the filters and dashboard that we created however there is something called as a "Smart query".

Open websites in brave from terminal

Submitted by ravisagar on Sun, 06/18/2023 - 10:27

Store your bookmarks in a text file and open websites in brave from your terminal or a keyboard shortcut.

#brave #terminal

Note

Submitted by ravisagar on Sat, 06/17/2023 - 03:43

Life goal: Buy a house like this by the river. 😎

Jira Cloud - Access boards and queues easily

Submitted by ravisagar on Fri, 06/16/2023 - 17:14

There is a very nice way to quickly find boards and queues associated with your project from the "Your work" section.

#JiraCloud #Boards #Queues

Highlight Pointer - Change your cursor for presentations

Submitted by ravisagar on Fri, 06/16/2023 - 17:11

When presenting slides sometimes it is better to use a simple mouse highlighter. If you are using Linux then there is a simple utility called highlight-pointer for that.

#highlight #pointer

Jira Cloud - How do you manage scope?

Submitted by ravisagar on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 17:16

How do you differentiate between a version and a scope? Or do you even have the concept of scope in your planning?

#JiraCloud #Scope

Note

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 06/12/2023 - 21:18

I always wanted to become an Air Force pilot but here I a

Jira Cloud - Reorder favourite items

Submitted by ravisagar on Sat, 06/10/2023 - 14:28

You can make filters, projects and dashboard as favourite item which you can find at one place from the Your work section but did you know that you can reorder that list?

#JiraCloud #FavouriteItems

sxiv for videos?

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 06/05/2023 - 18:15

How do you manage your videos?

#sxiv #mpv

Subscribe

* indicates required

Please confirm that you would like to from Sparxsys:

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. For information about our privacy practices, please visit our website.

We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By clicking below to subscribe, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing. Learn more about Mailchimp's privacy practices.

Want to contact me?