Wikimedia Apps/Team/Retrospectives/2017-04-10

April 10, 2017

Previous Retrospective Actions

 * [NATALIA] to set up a meeting with the team & Anthony & Adam DONE

Significant Events

 * Offsite
 * Weird Discovery reorg
 * New release (+ shoutout to Michael)
 * Exec. decision on syncing reading lists. +1
 * API change broke the app.++

Lacked

 * The ol' stable periodic tests CI
 * GERRIT REVIEWER BOT (not adding folks automatically!)+

Learned

 * Unit tests are invaluable+
 * Lots about caching, headers, and very strict libraries
 * A little bit about upstream CSS
 * people love looking at math equations in Wikipedia

Loved

 * Season 3 of Halt and Catch Fire omgwat??
 * Consolidation of CSS and JavaScript between iOS and Android+
 * Definitely not love, but continue to find Riot.im better than your typical IRC + bouncer config (and it's free and open sarce)
 * Good onsite experience ++
 * More descriptive release board names make finding them in Phabricator easy peasy+
 * Light at end of tunnel for much-improved offline functionality.+++

Longed For

 * Slightly better Gerrit branching strategies
 * A more stable Mapbox
 * Clarity around upstream CSS

Questions

 * RxAndroid/RxJava -- let's talk about them MOVE TO NEXT RETRO
 * Chrome support? Amazon device support... MOVE TO NEXT RETRO

Action Items

 * [DMITRY] send out notes/docs on reading lists / collections planning