Firefox engineering show&tell / tech tools

Jared Wein (Mozilla)

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Jan 21, 2021, 10:57:48 AM1/21/21

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In lieu of an All Hands this January/February, the Firefox team will get together virtually to share the tips and tricks we use in our work at Mozilla. Presenters will have 5 minutes to share their productivity boosters.

Have a bash script that automates building and launching? Tips for debugging native or JS code? 3rd-party tools you pulled off the shelf? Custom-printed, die-cut WordPerfect-style keyboard overlays? Anything that saves precious minutes of your day is worth sharing.

Please sign up to present and share your tips with others. No matter how small it may seem to you, economies of scale may blow up your idea into great savings across the team.

Sign up link: https://forms.gle/XhHQ8z9p6JPAjNM26

When: https://arewemeetingyet.com/Los%20Angeles/2021-02-17/08:00/Firefox%20engineering%20show%26tell%20%2F%20tech%20tools

Where: https://mozilla.zoom.us/j/91207459270

Calendar event: https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MTNobWk0dXM4cnMzYWwzN2ZmM3Nudmg4OW0gbW96aWxsYS5jb21fNTc5cW9pcTExdGNlYm5udHBtMjBvZG05b3NAZw&tmsrc=mozilla.com_579qoiq11tcebnntpm20odm9os%40group.calendar.google.com

Thanks,

Jared Wein and Erik Rose

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Jared Wein

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Firefox

Mozilla Corporation

Erik Rose

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Jan 28, 2021, 4:12:34 PM1/28/21

to firefox-dev, Jared Wein (Mozilla)

Annnnnnnd there's now a MoCo Internal Meeting right at the same time as our show-and-tell. So we're moving to Friday, same time: https://arewemeetingyet.com/Los%20Angeles/2021-02-19/08:00/Firefox%20engineering%20show%26tell%20%2F%20tech%20tools.

We have about 10 submissions so far; keep them coming! I can't wait to hear what you have to share.

Cheers,
Erik

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Erik Rose

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Feb 5, 2021, 12:16:27 PM2/5/21

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Thanks to all who have submitted talks for our Firefox Engineering Show & Tell so far! If you still plan to submit, now is the time; we'll leave submissions open until this coming Wednesday, February 10. It only takes a minute or two, so please get those fields filled!

We've been fortunate to receive 11 so far:
* bash scripts and keyboard shortcuts
* Clipboard Manager Madness
* Conflict markers are sooo 2020. Merge tools are your friend!
* Editor Tips, Lint and More
* How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the M-C
* How to animate things smoothly
* How To Double The Speed of Your Windows Build With sccache-dist (and a fast Linux machine)
* pernosco-bridge Timeline Visualization
* Scripts to run pageload scenarios
* Stupid Mac Tricks
* Visual diffs with Beyond Compare

If we have too many to fit in the time allotted, we'll have to be selective. We'll let you know if you made the cut by Friday, February 12 so you'll have a week to prepare.

Here, again, is the sign-up link: https://forms.gle/XhHQ8z9p6JPAjNM26

Looking forward to seeing some scintillating open-sourcery!
Erik Rose and Jared Wein