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KIPAC Retreat Notes - Computing

KIPAC Retreat Notes (Computing)

Attendants

Tom Sam Mike Jim Brian

Discussion

Computing issues using systems:

  • Documentation
  • Architectures
  • Computing
  • LCLS-II will needs means more machines in the future

Knowledge Questions

  • How can we work to coalesce computing Knowledge around the lab?
  • How can we find relevant expertise?
  • How can we find the guru?
  • How can we handle documentation?

What did we learn?

  • It's not easy to get help or find information when it comes to computing. This is particularly true for new or siloed people.
  • We need better means of communication for help, but also in general for planning and discussing needs.

Next Steps

Landing page/Portal

Let's create a landing page which gives you information on the places you can get help, including:

  • slac.slack.com usually #comp-help, #comp-general, #programming
  • SLAC Service Now
  • This document (Somewhere on kipac.stanford.edu?)
  • Other documentation (Confluence)
  • List of FAQs
  • Who are the Gurus?
    • Stuart Marshall, Tony Johnson, Brian Van Klaveren, etc...
  • How to update the document if it's incorrect?
    • Everybody owns this document! Everyone is empowered to update it!

Knowledge Bases

  • Service Now has a wealth of information, but most of it is private, unsearchable, and not necessarily updated.
  • It'd be great if we could search Service Now for answers to issues, but in lieu of that, if we could explore a searchable knowledge base platform (StackExchange-like), that'd be great too.
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