Eric popped in and wanted to check some code for his 2D barcode scanner for the driver license scan project. We pushed up some test code and then he worked on some other little tweaks. As we were talking, one comment that he made was dealing with having the full development environment. That made all of the difference. He didn't have the 2D scanner for the first part of the project. Once he got all of the pieces, that really helped because he had the full development environment (all hardware and all software pieces - together). Just wanted to make a note about that.

Anyways, we had a different project that went on for months and we were missing some of the hardware pieces. We actually never got them. It was all a third party thing. It, the project, was a disaster and our developer had to push up code, have someone else test it, make changes and then repeat the cycle over and over again. Very painful. The ideal is getting the correct tools and pieces into the hands of the developer who is assigned to the project. Let them test and develop their own stuff without having to rely on other or outside parties.

Eric and I spent some time talking about the new GoToMeeting app and likes and dislikes about it. The app seemed to be hogging system resources and was not very light. Eric also put in his vote for checking out Discord, for our online meetings and internal communications.

I spent the rest of the time going over tons of new emails that came in over the weekend.