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title: Vortex Retro 2019-10-23

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# Vortex Retro 2019-10-23

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## Prior Action Items

- Add build status to GitHub [zeal]
- Write down peer review process workflow in github wiki and sharepoint [mm]
- Document Jira flow and send off to Louie [darrel]
- Add commit sha to build messages [lm]

## What is Going Well?

- Github build status 🎉 [nc][rc][ms]
- Development Workflow in wiki [nc][ms]
- Carrying on in my absence [rc]

## What Could Be Improved?

- Windows developer test slowdowns [nc]
  - A single UI unit test taking 20sec to run
  - Full service restarts on code change
  - File locking
  - Code linting/formatting
- Add things to next sprint last minute [kc]
- Having Design/Backend overloaded with multiple tracks [kc]
- PR description and commit message quality [nc]
- PR review on Fridays [yt]

## What Do We Need to Discuss?

- "Unit tests" technical tasks [nc]
- The implications of CouchDB [rc]
- The risks of fleet-managed data [rc]
- Developers move stories to "ready for build"? [kc]

## Action Items

- Pair up/Meet about PR reviews [rc/nc & yt/mm/cs]
- Discuss spiking on Database replication [lm/kc/cm]
- Rejected stories get `🐛 Bug Hunt` sub-task created [testing team] (Update docs [rc/lm])

[previous]: https://hackmd.io/@n8io/retro-2019-10-09
[next]: https://hackmd.io/@n8io/retro-2019-11-06
