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GitHub is a critical piece of infrastructure and a daily working environment for everyone on our team. We use it in the following ways:
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As a code repository for all public projects (Datum, Milo, and related) as well as private projects (stuff that we use to run Datum Cloud)
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To organize our work, from releases down to enhancements and issues
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To drive content on our website, including docs, handbook, changelog, roadmap, etc.
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To organize our work within and across teams
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To solicit new ideas and debate the options, via GitHub Discussions
As a central tool for our team, every team member at Datum is expected to embrace a solid dose of markdown. Of course, GitHub can also be pretty confusing, so we’re happy to help you get up to speed as part of onboarding.
Here are a few useful tips:
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If you want to suggest a new feature - Start a discussion or review enhancements
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If you want to know what’s being worked on - Check out the latest Milestone
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If you want to review recent activity - See the #github-updates.
We ask our Engineering team to curate the Enhancements and Release aspects of GitHub, but active commenting is always appreciated.