The Jira Guy

In the coming weeks I will be speaking at these events with Ed Gaile and Alex Ortiz on how you can tie Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence with other tools on the Open DevOps platform to create your toolchain for #DevOps and #DevSecOps. March 19, Phoenix Atlassian Community Events BBQ and the Developer Experience at GitKraken HQ. RSVP at https://lnkd.in/d6W4W2t4 April 8-10: Atlassian TEAM 25 conference During these events, the three of us will be signing our book, Atlassian DevOps Toolchain Cookbook. Don't have a copy? Our publisher, Packt, is offering a discounted price on their website: https://lnkd.in/dZmgKdG9 Hope to see you soon!

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Last Thursday, I went out to the hospital to have a septal myectomy done. For those that dont know, i have a (surprisingly common, 1 in 500 people have it) genetic defect that causes the center wall of my heart to thicken overtime, known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy #HCM. While lifestyle does play a factor, the surgery was always eventually going to be necessary in my case, so me and my wife decided together to go ahead for it while I'm still relatively young(ish). Cardiologist have always told me my case was "interesting," which is not what you ever want to hear about your heart. I can now say that every surgeon who watched my surgery at the hospital called it "beautiful," which is somehow equally and oppositely disturbing. We are fortunate though that the surgeon who worked on me specializes in doing this procedure robotically., which has lead to a faster recovery so far. He, in his own words, was aggressive, removing about 7cc of heart tissue. That doesn't sound like a lot, until you rebember your heart is about the size of your fist. Some of the attending surgeons at the hospital were speculating that might be a record for the robotic procedure. As of last night, i returned home. I still have a lot of healing left, and regaining (and surpassing) my strength, but i am progressing quickly, and each day can feel myself able to do more than the previous day. I cannot thank my amazing wife and her family, the The Jira Life crew, and ReleaseTEAM, Inc. enough in continuing to support me as I heal. Its a rough journey, and I'm only just starting it, but i know it will be worthwhile. #AtlassianCreator

This is huge, John Funk! One (of many) reasons i recomended severly restricting Delete Issues permissions is that if you delete an issue, it was just...gone. There wasn't even a way to tell it ever existed - other than the skipped number in the Issue Key. However, this doesnt change my recommendation. Because the audit log isnt visible to everyone, if Delete Issues permissions are granted freely, you might find yourself with a lot of "Where did my story go?" tickets. you now have a way to answer that, but its still needless time out of your day! #AtlassianCeeator

?? ??Happy Birthday, Alex! ?? ?? Today is our cohosts Alex Ortiz's Birthday! Join us in the comments congratulating Alex on his special day!

Hey everyone, here's a bit of a programming note. As previously mentioned, Rodney will be out for a few weeks next month while he gets his heart fixed up. But while he's out, we've lined up some fantastic guest hosts to join Alex, Sarah, and King Bob Robert. Thank you to these superstars for stepping up and helping us out! ? Brittany Joiner on Feb. 20th ? ? Josh Costella on Feb. 27th ? ? Darryl Lee on Mar. 6th ? If you'd like to help Rodney while he recovers, you can donate to support him on Kofi (Link in comments below). Thank you all for your support! Atlassian #AtlassianCreator

Saw a question on the Atlassian subreddit, asking about #Confluence's latest LTS (9.2), which was released last month. For anyone wondering, I have two general rules of thumb when managing a Atlassian DC instance. 1) Always be on an LTS Version. As u/czander put it - it will get bug fixes longer, which require a lower threshold of testing, which ultimately lets you keep your teams protected from bugs and vulnerabilities without causing an exhaustive amount of work for you. 2) Never install anything whose version number ends in zero. "9.2.1" is good, but "9.2.0"—let that bake first. New versions will always have a few bugs, so letting them be fixed with a patch or two will make your instance appear much more stable. What are your thoughts on LTS versions? #AtlassianCreator

Atlassian DC prices are going up.?It's not news at this point.?It was even leaked on Reddit late last year (and the post has since been deleted).?It seems Atlassian is at least listening, as they are trying to head off some of my old arguments ahead of time in their FAQ.?So, Join me as I go through the announcement and give you what you need to know! What do you guys think??Will these price increases make DC too expensive for even more customers??Please let me know! #AtlassianCreator

I got a nice surprise yesterday from Atlassian. Last time I looked these up, I could have sworn I was one short, but apparently My ACP-JCA #Certfication at #Team24Europe (#EuroTeam) was enough to grant me the status of ?????????????????? ?????????????????? ???????????????????????????? ????????????! Want to join me as an Administration Expert? You just need to pass any four of these exams: ??ACP-JA Jira Admin for Data Center ??ACP-JCA Jira Admin for Cloud ??ACP-MJSPC Jira Service Management Project Admin ??ACP-OA Org Admin ??ACP-MJDP Jira Project Admin for Data Center ?? ACP-MJCP Jira Project Admin for Cloud I must thank both Robert Wen, CSM, SPC6 and Alex Ortiz for joining me on the exam prep for two of these, but I don't intend to stop taking the exams. In fact, the TJL crew is already discussing which Exam we are going to study for next. Want to join us on that journey? Sub to both The Jira Life and Alex Ortiz's channel on YouTube to make sure you don't miss it! #AtlassianCreator

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