tl;dr I would like to make the platform meeting more relevant for engineers. I have already made some changes (see below) and am interested in your feedback on what you would like to get out of this meeting. If you don't currently attend, what would make this meeting relevant for you?
--- Since taking over management of the Platform meeting in February, my goal has been to make it more engineer driven and more relevant to the day-to-day activities of engineers. I think that there is value in having a forum for Mozilla's engineers to speak with one another on a regular basis. However, with the size of Mozilla's engineering base, creating a useful forum is a challenge. Some of the changes that we've made are: - Engineers are once again doing the talking - Many of the technical updates were being given by project managers. No more. Updates for engineers, by engineers. So far, I think this has been successful in changing the tone of the meeting. - More talk about work in progress - Reporting about completed work is great. However, we are now also talking about active projects. I think work that touches common sections of the code base or work that is likely to impact other teams is especially useful to flag. - Identify topics that are stalled / need more attention - Over the last month I have seen a new focus on stability and orange factor issues. I have also seen a number of calls for help in identifying the source of issues. - Invite other teams to speak with engineering - I invited Sheppy to join us to discuss documentation. I would encourage the invitation of other teams with which we collaborate to join the meeting for specific topics. - Flag important discussions from across Mozilla's mailing lists - A number of people have commented to me that there are too many lists to track. This meeting is an opportunity to surface key online discussions to ensure they have the participation of the right people and reach a conclusion. Some other suggestions are: - A review of best practices and anti-pattens in order to build the technical vitality of the Mozilla engineering organization. - More involvement by more people. The product and project sections of the agenda do not have a specific owner. You can bring up any related work wherever you think it makes sense. There are also the catchall sections "Key Issues" and "Roundtable" if you are not sure where your update belongs. I want this meeting to be relevant for you. However, I am just a steward for this meeting. I need your help. Why do you attend the platform meeting? If you previously attended the meeting, why did you stop? Do you have ideas to make the Platform meeting more useful? Thanks, Lawrence _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
