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The best stories related to our favorite topics from all over the Internet. Find links to the best news, blog posts and stories related to Leadership, Management, Design, Requirements, Development, Operations, Test, Security and Atlassian to mention some topics. Stories is a curated section where any story is welcome as long as it fit the categories and are considered useful and interesting to the community.
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What is CSS Subgrid? A Practical Tutorial

When designers create layouts in their mockups, everything including the content typically looks perfectly aligned and consistent.
But in the real world, user-generated content varies wildly. For example, one testimonial card might have a brief sentence, while another has an entire paragraph. This makes it challenging to maintain a perfect alignment.
CSS Subgrid can easily handle these web layout inconsistencies. It allows nested elements to align with their parent grid, ensuring a consistent look regardless of the content.
In this tutorial, we’ll explore how to use CSS Subgrid to create a products section that stays flexible and looks great. You can move along to see what we'll build here.
Jimi Wikman
💫 Jimi Wikman

Stop using if-else statements in Java

The tale goes that there is an ancient legacy system, my colleague coded thousands of lines from top to bottom, and each block added several if then java sections to route circumstances, so I feel like I’m trapped in an unfamiliar fairyland.
In this post, I will show you how to optimize the use of if-else, restrict code with too many branching conditions, and make your Java code much easier to read and understand.
Jimi Wikman
💫 Jimi Wikman

Acronym Overdose – Navigating the Complex Data Security Landscape

n the modern enterprise, data security is often discussed using a complex lexicon of acronyms—DLP, DDR, DSPM, and many others. While these acronyms represent critical frameworks, architectures, and tools for protecting sensitive information, they can also overwhelm those trying to piece together an effective security strategy. This article aims to demystify some of the most important acronyms in data security today and offer practical guidance to help businesses navigate the data security landscape and protect their most valuable assets with confidence.
Jimi Wikman
💫 Jimi Wikman

Hackers Exploit Roundcube Webmail XSS Vulnerability to Steal Login Credentials

Unknown threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a now-patched security flaw in the open-source Roundcube webmail software as part of a phishing attack designed to steal user credentials.
Russian cybersecurity company Positive Technologies said it discovered last month that an email was sent to an unspecified governmental organization located in one of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. However, it bears noting that the message was originally sent in June 2024.
Jimi Wikman
💫 Jimi Wikman

Mastering Agile: Core Principles That Power The Framework

If you loved the last article on Scrum and Kanban, you're in for a treat. Today, we’ll be digging deeper into the principles that power Agile. While frameworks like Scrum and Kanban are the practical side of things, the principles are the underlying philosophy. They’re the secret sauce that makes Agile so flexible and effective. Ready? Let’s dive in!
Jimi Wikman
💫 Jimi Wikman

Making The Case for Replacing Story Points With Ideal Days

Story Points started out as Ideal Days multiplied by three. In the words of Story Point inventor Ron Jeffries:
Besides not leaving you alone, ‘the bastards’ didn’t understand the concept of Ideal Days either:
To fix this, they started calling their ‘Ideal Days’ just ‘Points’. Problem solved, right?
Wrong.
That’s where all the problems started. We replaced a slight problem with a string of bigger and worse problems.
Jimi Wikman
💫 Jimi Wikman

Building a Strong Workplace Community: A How-To Guide

Let’s face it, rowing across a lake solo? Not exactly motivating, right? 🛶 But picture this: your whole team jumping into the boat with you, each one picking up an oar. Suddenly, it feels less like work and more like teamwork! 💪
This is why building a strong sense of community in the workplace is so crucial. When employees feel like they’re part of something bigger, they’re more engaged, motivated, and ready to row toward success—together. Let’s explore how you can create this sense of connection and build a killer community at work.
Jimi Wikman
💫 Jimi Wikman

Program Room - How the Runway widget actually functions

The Runway widget provides any given Program a point in time visual representation of the relative health of the backlog of work. 
Consider how a Scrum/Kanban Team needs to have a healthy backlog of work that will allow them to progress through 4-8 Sprints, if they have too little (1 -3 Sprints) they may quickly reach a point where they don't have enough work to fill their sprints (Scrum) or keep continuous flow moving (Kanban); if they have too much work 9-24 Sprints they will be less effective due to the nature of attempting to maintain such a lengthy backlog. 
The very same is true for a Program, however the Program deals in a larger suite of work items than stories and needs a view into their work from Epics down to Stories with an appropriate timebox to understand that work. 
Jimi Wikman
💫 Jimi Wikman

An Overview of Jira Asset Management Tool

Introduction to the Jira Asset Management Tool
Jira Asset Management refers to the use of Jira—a project and issue tracking software by Atlassian—to manage and track organizational assets, such as hardware, software licenses, IT infrastructure, and other valuable resources. Using Jira for asset management involves leveraging plugins like AssetIT, which expand Jira’s capabilities to include real-time asset tracking, inventory management, and asset lifecycle management. With Jira asset management tool, organizations can ensure that all assets are properly accounted for, maintained, and optimized for efficiency, helping to reduce costs and improve productivity across IT and other departments.
Conclusion
AssetIT extends Jira's capabilities, offering a comprehensive solution for asset management. With its rich features and seamless integration with Jira, AssetIT is ideal for businesses seeking to streamline their asset-tracking processes.
Try AssetIT for free at: AssetIT - Asset Management for Jira.
Jimi Wikman
💫 Jimi Wikman

Creating Jira tasks in Confluence is now new and improved

At Team ‘24 Europe, we introduced a major update to the Jira issue creation workflow in Confluence, making the transition from planning to execution smoother and more efficient than ever.
Teams rely on Confluence to document knowledge, craft project plans and requirements docs, and serve as their single source of truth as they collaborate. While Confluence is an exceptional tool for these purposes, what truly elevates it are its integrations with Jira (and yes, I might be a little biased). These integrations take Confluence beyond your standard knowledge management tool by directly connecting it to the work you’re tracking in Jira – speeding up your workflows in ways that other documentation tools can’t.
Jimi Wikman
💫 Jimi Wikman

Atlassian Guard customers, we have a paid research opportunity for you!

We’re interested in gaining more insight on how admins' think about data security parameters within their organization. If data security is something you need to consider in your role, we invite you to participate in a one-on-one research interview.

What’s involved in the research:
A 60 minute one-on-one Zoom interview that’s recorded (for research purpose only and will be deleted after) As a thank you we are offering a $100 USD gift card
Jimi Wikman
💫 Jimi Wikman

Join research to help improve Atlassian Administration and earn $150 USD

We're looking to speak with enterprise admins who are regular users of Atlassian administration features such as Data residency, Backup and restore, Audit logs and Release tracks.
What’s involved in the research:
During the session, the researcher will guide you through specific tasks and ask for feedback to improve the usability of our software.
Sessions are 1 hour and conducted via Zoom, so you can participate from anywhere around the world.
As a token of our appreciation, you'll receive an e-gift card worth $150 USD within 5 business days of completing your session. If you can't accept an e-gift card, a charity e-gift card or swag box can be arranged instead.
Jimi Wikman
💫 Jimi Wikman