# curiouslab.io > AI-optimized mirror of curiouslab.io containing 29 pages totalling 15,090 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://curiouslab.io/. Last updated: 2026-06-14T23:40:05.590Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Hill Chart for Jira (Shape Up Board)](/content/site-root.html) (1,274 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [terms-of-service/index.html](/content/terms-of-service/index.html) (1 words) - [Hill Chart for Jira (Shape Up Board)](/content/privacy-policy/index.html) (1,480 words) - [home/index.html](/content/home/index.html) (1 words) - [caiq-lite/index.html](/content/caiq-lite/index.html) (1 words) - [shape-up-board-for-jira/index.html](/content/shape-up-board-for-jira/index.html) (1 words) - [blog/basecamp-shape-up-myths/index.html](/content/blog/basecamp-shape-up-myths/index.html) (1 words) - [Hill Chart for Jira (Shape Up Board)](/content/security-policy/index.html) (1,077 words) - [hill-chart-for-linear/index.html](/content/hill-chart-for-linear/index.html) (1 words) - [Deploying a Django app to AWS using Elastic Beanstalk](/content/blog/deploying-a-django-app-to-aws-using-elastic-beanstalk.html): Recently a friend of mine enlisted my help to get his Django app deployed on AWS using Elastic Beanstalk. I’ve never built an app using Django, and my AWS skills are rusty, so I decided to record mistakes that tripped me up for my own future reference. If this post ends up helping you, great! This, (935 words) - [What is Basecamp's Shape Up method?: A complete overview](/content/blog/what-is-basecamps-shape-up-method-a-complete-overview.html): The Shape Up method is a modern product development philosophy. It gives product teams a stronger sense of purpose and focus, and helps them become more productive., The Shape Up method is a modern product development philosophy. It gives product teams a stronger sense of purpose and focus, and helps them become more productive. (2,230 words) - [Curious Lab](/content/cart/index.html) (1 words) - [Status page](/content/status/index.html) (74 words) - [Is Shape Up just a nice theory?](/content/blog/is-shape-up-just-a-nice-theory/index.html): Here at Curious Lab we “eat our own dog food”, in that we adopted the Shape Up “methodology” while building Shape Up Board for Jira., Here at Curious Lab we “eat our own dog food”, in that we adopted the Shape Up “methodology” while building Shape Up Board for Jira. (460 words) - [How we use the hill chart to conquer deadlines](/content/blog/hill-chart-benefits-and-why/index.html): The hill chart may sometimes be overlooked due to its simplicity, but it’s actually a very powerful tool for helping teams ship on time. Find out how you can use it effectively., The hill chart may sometimes be overlooked due to its simplicity, but it’s actually a very powerful tool for helping teams ship on time. Find out how you can use it effectively. (1,305 words) - [Setup](/content/guide/index.html) (660 words) - [You Should Know About Goodhart's Law](/content/blog/you-should-know-about-goodharts-law/index.html): In 1975 C. Goodhart coined “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure”. Fifty years on, I find this to be more relevant than ever., In 1975 C. Goodhart coined “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure”. Fifty years on, I find this to be more relevant than ever. (717 words) - [Shape Up Board for Trello](/content/shape-up-board-for-trello/home/index.html) (500 words) - [[How we use the hill chart to conquer deadlines](/content/blog/hill-chart-benefits-and-why/index.html)](/content/blog/index.html) (342 words) - [Shape Up Board for Jira gives software agencies a competitive advantage](/content/blog/shape-up-for-jira-gives-software-agencies-a-competitive-advantage.html): An interesting trend is emerging for Curious Lab’s Shape Up Board for Jira plugin: software development agencies are using it as a unique selling point to win projects. The plugin’s distinct progress visualization is a wow factor that is being used to attract clients’ attention. Clients are al, (614 words) - [Hill Chart for Linear](/content/hill-chart-for-linear/home/index.html) (343 words) - [Jira Pins Chrome extension](/content/jira-pins-chrome-extension/home/index.html) (240 words) - [Overview](/content/hill-chart-for-linear/guide/index.html) (327 words) - [IllegalAccessException when starting a local Google App Engine instance](/content/blog/illegalaccessexception-when-starting-a-local-google-app-engine-instance.html): While developing a Java 17 app for Google App Engine, I ran into a strange exception when I ran this command to start my local development instance:, (425 words) - [How creativity can make you a better engineer](/content/blog/how-creativity-can-make-you-a-better-engineer-36gd8.html): Creativity is something that is undervalued but unknowingly all professions need to tap into their creative side to excel. In software engineering there is a vast amount of creativity that needs to be used daily. There can be a few things you can do ensure that you surface creativity in your day t, Creativity is something that is undervalued but unknowingly all professions need to tap into their creative side to excel. In software engineering there is a vast amount of creativity that needs to be used daily. There can be a few things you can do ensure that you surface creativity in your day to day. (631 words) - [Incompatibility breeds complexity](/content/blog/incompatibility-breeds-complexity/index.html): Many years ago before single-page applications were commonplace, I was building a web app with a few other engineers. Our tech lead decided to roll our own custom validation framework. For integrity reasons, he wanted validation to happen in the domain model. Values rejected by domain-level valida, (354 words) - [Pricing](/content/pricing/index.html) (80 words) - [We’d love to hear from you](/content/contact/index.html) (52 words) - [Blog - How we use the hill chart to conquer deadlines](/content/sitemap-xml.html) (963 words) ## Resources - [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata - [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines - [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery - [Robots.txt](/robots.txt): Crawler directives