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Testing backups and having a recovery plan is paramount. I have been burned in the past by making backups, but then floundering around trying to redeploy.

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but I use kanboard [1] for my project management. I like it because you can add automation hooks, e.g. once I close a task on one board, it can auto-move to another. So a dev task can get moved over to an operations board to be deployed. It is a open source, self hosted web app. There are several integrations and plugins out there for different stuff.

[1] https://kanboard.net/

Discipline is cultivated over time, and for me it is all about consistency. When I want to develop a new habit, I commit to doing it every day. The hardest part is just getting started The amount of time I spend on that task doesn't matter as much as starting the task does. One minute is better than zero. Over time, the time spent increases, and it becomes second nature for me to perform it.

gcheong's comment about environment is also spot on. Make it easier for yourself to stay disciplined. Reduce the amount of willpower/effort that it will take to start a task.

A lot of this really depends on what your company is doing.

One thing that I always do when I am working on a project is documentation. While an all encompassing organizational wiki is great and where you should be headed, at the bare minimum throw some notes into a text file. Proper documentation early on prevents a lot of headaches and wasted time back tracking or redoing research. It also makes on-boarding new teammates easier. I personally use dokuwiki for this purpose.

National Park Maps 9 years ago

I love caltopo. I use it for all of my backcountry adventures. It also has historical maps in its database which make for a good time finding ghost towns and possible ruins.

Use tmux-resurrect as well. But I might give this one a go. Depending on the type of code that I am working on, I like to use slightly different tmux layouts, and it would be nice to use the per project capabilities.

Before the GRIZZLY STEPPE report I found myself asking where the proof for the insinuations of a Russian hack to influence the US elections was. I still ask that question after the report was released. I find it completely plausible. However, given the turbulence and hyper-partisanship of this election cycle, I need a bit more than 'It was the Russians because we say so'.