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Re:Stop Checking Email So Often (2015) by brianwawok on Thursday January 26, 2017 @07:02PM (#13496603)
That is rubbish. Many reasonably complex projects require a reasonable amount of communication. This list sounds like you have only worked on 1 man toy projects.
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Re:Stop Checking Email So Often (2015) by gcp on Friday January 27, 2017 @07:11AM (#13499284)
Communication, yes. But synchronous, blocking communication?

You have an organizational problem there.

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Re:Stop Checking Email So Often (2015) by brianwawok on Friday January 27, 2017 @02:03PM (#13501766)
Again, I disagree.

Any reasonably complex codebase I have worked in has at least parts that only a few people understood. Even if n=3, you could still very easily be blocked when trying to find someone in the know...

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Re:Stop Checking Email So Often (2015) by gcp on Friday January 27, 2017 @02:20PM (#13501882)
Right, so an organizational and architectural problem. It's even got a specific term: Bus factor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor

You have a problem. Disagreeing with me won't fix it. It's a common problem, but also a fixable one.

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