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reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
I have most github-related emails delivered to a separate folder. Only 
since Jan 30 2015 there are a staggering number of messages there - 
25113. Just going through them all would be a full-time job that 
wouldn't allow me to do anything else.

However, it turns out some of these are blocked in wait of my input. 
Some of you learned to kindly send me email when that happens. That 
works very well, but not everybody knows that.

I also have a saved search 
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pulls/mentioned/andralex that 
shows me all Phobos PRs that mention my handle. I visit that once in a 
while.

I'm sure there must be better techniques. How do you keep up with github?


Andrei
Jan 13 2016
next sibling parent Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow.lists gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 13 January 2016 at 14:01:01 UTC, Andrei 
Alexandrescu wrote:

 I have most github-related emails delivered to a separate 
 folder. Only since Jan 30 2015 there are a staggering number of 
 messages there - 25113. Just going through them all would be a 
 full-time job that wouldn't allow me to do anything else.

 However, it turns out some of these are blocked in wait of my 
 input. Some of you learned to kindly send me email when that 
 happens. That works very well, but not everybody knows that.

 I also have a saved search 
 https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pulls/mentioned/andralex that
shows me all Phobos PRs that mention my handle. I visit that once in a while.

 I'm sure there must be better techniques. How do you keep up 
 with github?


I'm guessing you're subscribed to all D-Programming-Language 
repos? You probably want to unsubscribe from (un-watch) all of 
them. Someone trying to reach you personally in a thread is not 
on the same level of importance as someone bikeshedding in some 
low-importance bikeshed PR, but both notifications would be 
delivered in the same way.

If you want to track all GitHub activity, there are other ways to 
do it (e.g. Atom feeds).
Jan 13 2016
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Dicebot <public dicebot.lv> writes:
On Wednesday, 13 January 2016 at 14:01:01 UTC, Andrei 
Alexandrescu wrote:

 I have most github-related emails delivered to a separate 
 folder. Only since Jan 30 2015 there are a staggering number of 
 messages there - 25113. Just going through them all would be a 
 full-time job that wouldn't allow me to do anything else.

 However, it turns out some of these are blocked in wait of my 
 input. Some of you learned to kindly send me email when that 
 happens. That works very well, but not everybody knows that.

 I also have a saved search 
 https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pulls/mentioned/andralex that
shows me all Phobos PRs that mention my handle. I visit that once in a while.

 I'm sure there must be better techniques. How do you keep up 
 with github?


Methodology I have came to at work looks roughly like this:

1) Unsubscribe from all notifications apart from those 
repositories few you must process immediately (in case of 
D-Programming-Language this means "unsubscribe from all")

2) Use GitHub assignments and labels to sort and search through 
pull requests in a systematic manner according to own plan

3) When someone mentions  andralex directly, notificiation will 
still arrive and you can check those at higher priority.
Jan 13 2016
parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 01/13/2016 10:04 AM, Dicebot wrote:

 2) Use GitHub assignments and labels to sort and search through pull
 requests in a systematic manner according to own plan


I just added a label " andralex" to phobos as an experiment. Consider it 
a batsignal to be used when my input is waited for on anything. -- Andrei
Jan 14 2016
parent Dicebot <public dicebot.lv> writes:
On Thursday, 14 January 2016 at 20:47:30 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 On 01/13/2016 10:04 AM, Dicebot wrote:

 2) Use GitHub assignments and labels to sort and search 
 through pull
 requests in a systematic manner according to own plan


 I just added a label " andralex" to phobos as an experiment. 
 Consider it a batsignal to be used when my input is waited for 
 on anything. -- Andrei


When I was still part of Phobos maintainer team I have added 
"decision block" label for similar purpose (PR that can't move 
forward without your/Walter decision or approval). I see that it 
is still at least occasionally used : 
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/labels/decision%20block

It probably makes sense to reassign all PR's with that label to 
new " andralex" and delete "decision block" to avoid accumulating 
label garbage ;)
Jan 14 2016
prev sibling next sibling parent Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 13 January 2016 at 14:01:01 UTC, Andrei 
Alexandrescu wrote:

 I also have a saved search 
 https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pulls/mentioned/andralex that
shows me all Phobos PRs that mention my handle. I visit that once in a while.


That's also a good idea though I'd say don't revisit the search, 
get emails for those so you can get more timely notifications and 
not look at the same thing twice.

Github's notification settings suck. I'd do the filter in a 
custom client-side program...

I think if you focus your attention on  mentions and new PRs 
opened, while filtering the rest, you should be able to get that 
down to size. You might be interested in merges too.

Then handle the rest with a more efficient client!



 Only since Jan 30 2015 there are a staggering number of 
 messages there - 25113.


I handle over 50,000 emails a year (this includes all D forum 
posts btw). I don't necessarily read or reply to all of them, but 
I do look at all of them.

I achieve this by using a hotkey-driven local mail client (a 
slightly customized mutt - http://www.mutt.org/ ) with a custom 
incoming email processor. I just *read* two forum post emails in 
under ten seconds. In aggregate, I spend about 10% of my work 
hours on email. That's a lot, but it isn't unmanageable.


You might actually be able to do the same if you wanted to set up 
a local client. Set it so the messages are displayed without need 
for click and scroll, then train your brain to instantly 
recognize if you care or not and hit the d key to delete and move 
straight ahead to the next one.

When there's a recurring pattern, you can modify your processor 
to handle it differently, from forwarding to a text message if 
really important, to beeping locally, to auto-deleting.

Once you start writing your own programs running on your own 
computer instead of limiting yourself to some crappy web 
interface's ajax garbage and idiotic notification settings, the 
world becomes a much nicer place!
Jan 13 2016
prev sibling next sibling parent Jack Stouffer <jack jackstouffer.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 13 January 2016 at 14:01:01 UTC, Andrei 
Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm sure there must be better techniques. How do you keep up 
 with github?


 Andrei


My methodology is simple: disable the emails. Github's 
notifications page is suitable for  giving a 10,000ft of what's 
going on. If there are any discussions I don't care about or I 
have no opinion on, I silence them individually from the same 
page. This cuts down on the number of discussions while letting 
me see the ones I care about when I want to see them because new 
comments on threads I already have unread messages on don't 
generate extra messages.

Also, any thread that I silence will still show up if my name is 
mentioned.
Jan 13 2016
prev sibling next sibling parent theotherphil <phil.j.ellison gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 13 January 2016 at 14:01:01 UTC, Andrei 
Alexandrescu wrote:

 I have most github-related emails delivered to a separate 
 folder. Only since Jan 30 2015 there are a staggering number of 
 messages there - 25113. Just going through them all would be a 
 full-time job that wouldn't allow me to do anything else.

 However, it turns out some of these are blocked in wait of my 
 input. Some of you learned to kindly send me email when that 
 happens. That works very well, but not everybody knows that.

 I also have a saved search 
 https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/phobos/pulls/mentioned/andralex that
shows me all Phobos PRs that mention my handle. I visit that once in a while.

 I'm sure there must be better techniques. How do you keep up 
 with github?


 Andrei


The bots Rust uses might be of some use: 
http://huonw.github.io/blog/2015/03/rust-infrastructure-can-be-your-infrastructure/.
Jan 16 2016
prev sibling parent Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy yahoo.com> writes:
On 1/13/16 9:01 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:


 I'm sure there must be better techniques. How do you keep up with github?


All my github email goes into a specific folder.

My email client organizes by thread, so while there may be 100 messages 
some days, there's generally a far fewer number of threads (some 
particularly active threads have dozens of messages in them). I'll note 
I'm only subscribed to Phobos, Druntime, and Deimos.

I also have a special "overriding" filter that sends messages directly 
to my inbox if  schveiguy is seen in the message. This allows someone to 
tag me and it will get my attention much quicker (I check my inbox when 
it alerts me, but the github folder I sometimes let go for several days 
at a time). I found that in the past, these got buried in the github 
folder and I didn't notice them.

-Steve
Jan 17 2016