https://vegatron.engineering/tags/practices/Recent content in Practices on Vegatron 🌈✨Hugoen-usWed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vegatron.engineering/posts/code-freeze/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vegatron.engineering/posts/code-freeze/<p>Your reactive code freeze is trying to tell you something; you should listen.</p> <h2 id="latent-risk">Latent risk</h2> <p>A reactive code freeze is a sign that you risk breaking something. Or of causing damage at the worst possible time.</p> <p>Many teams just shrug it off as the cost of continuous delivery ¯\_(ツ)_/¯</p> <p>Just piling up changes ready for the green light is not helpful. Worse still if the freeze extends for many days or weeks.</p>https://vegatron.engineering/posts/in-a-rut/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://vegatron.engineering/posts/in-a-rut/<p>Being in a rut is annoying; feeling stuck in the rut is worse. There are some tricks I use that I feel help me.</p> <p>Being offline changes help me more. If I go online, I&rsquo;ll just procrastinate.</p> <h2 id="dress-up-nicer">Dress up nicer</h2> <p>You can be as fancy as you like! When I&rsquo;m in a rut I find my clothing standard drops a bit. Just switching to a shirt helps me feel a bit better.</p>