A project post mortem is a lethal-sounding term that seeks to answer the question: did this project work? Was it worth the investment and the time, and if it wasn’t can you learn from it? As the term implies, the project must be “no more” or “ceased to be” or “bereft of life.” Creating this document requires a time investment, and it’s tempting to just move onto the next project.

Bugs are dumb. They’re also inevitable. However annoying that may be, it’s more productive to accept the existence of bugs in our workflows than to panic-spiral every single time they pop up. Part of the acceptance process is keeping bugs (or at least the ones you care to fix) top of mind by paralleling your error monitoring and your sprint planning.

PALO ALTO, CA, Feb. 5, 2019 (GlobeNewsWire) — Mattermost, the fastest growing messaging platform for engineering teams at large organizations, today announced that it has closed a $20 million series A funding round led by Redpoint Ventures with participation by S28 Capital and Y Combinator. In just a few years, Mattermost has exploded in popularity as an open source messaging platform, with over 10,000 server downloads every month and a vibrant community of contributors.

Hi everyone, I am excited to announce that Mattermost has raised a $20 million Series A round led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from S28 Capital and Y Combinator. Mattermost’s mission is to make the world safer and more productive through open source software.

After closing a $20 million Series A round, Mattermost is skyrocketing in popularity as a secure, open source Slack alternative for enterprise DevOps and IT. High-trust teams are adopting it for messaging to overcome some of the biggest collaboration challenges today.