12 hours ago
The Flea Market
1 day ago
The Author’s Notes
3 days ago
AI RecursiveTechDebt
4 days ago
The Complaint Department
5 days ago
Hitting your Pace
6 days ago
AI Rest
7 days ago
Trends on Trends
1 week ago
The Bermuda Triangle
1 week ago
Various Ideas
1 week ago
Too Much To Do
12 hours ago
There is a Flea Market near where I live. Growing up, it was huge, drawing big crowds every weekend, and it was a “thing” to go to it. It’s since shrunk down and gotten shuttled to the side, but it still survived for many years. And now word that it is shutting down completely. There are lots of videos about “amazing finds” at flea markets – I’ve always liked them for the oddities and all the memories you can find when going through old treasures of years gone by. It’s a hard thing to keep going when your climate is …
1 day ago
The Author’s Notes
Greg Thomas
I never used to read the author’s notes before getting into a book – “Who cared what the person thought when they were writing this masterpiece? Get me to good stuff and let me know how it ends… SHOW ME THAT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT”. But more and more, I’m fascinated by them in understanding what someone went through in creating this piece of art. Starting a new book today, from 1986, the author had about 10 pages of notes walking you through thought processes and how this book was their first idea but then they needed a prequel (and oddly enough …
3 days ago
AI RecursiveTechDebt
Greg Thomas
Right now, when working with AI-generated code, I’m trying more and more to focus on architectural thinking: what if what comes next is a small bug that I or someone else needs to fix? Small bugs don’t need an entire app flow to be regenerated; it’s a small change, a quick PR, and off we go. That’s the benefit of a strong architecture – you make the change where you need to make it and not all over the place. If you have a framework for building services that works, AI inherits that infrastructure and leverages it, expanding it and …
1 week ago
Too Much To Do
Overload today? Not a bad problem; tomorrow you might not be. What is your “too much,” and someone else’s “too much” might be completely different, and as a result, we have different levels of what being overloaded is. It’s not good to have “Too Much To Do” all the time; that’s a sign you need help, and the team needs to grow. But in the short term, it’s a sign people trust your opinion and thoughts and want to see more from you. Don’t let that opportunity slip away. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – …
2 weeks ago
AI Wash
I had to buy a new washer recently, and it has a feature on it called “AI Wash” alongside every other pre-existing feature on the washer. The “AI Wash” feature detects the load weight, soil level, and fabric softness and then determines how best to run. I can also connect it to my phone and remotely start a wash cycle (I’m guessing this is so I can use my washer during off-peak times in the electricity). I have tried either of these features yet and have so many more questions on how they run. But I did have the hose …
2 weeks ago
The Big Day
Big days are the summation of small moments that have all pulled together to make something incredible. Whether it’s weeks, months, or years of moments, all of them come together to create something incredible, so on that one big day it looks like a piece of cake. Big Days look great to everyone else, but to you, they are the culmination of so much work, effort, sweat, and tears. Make sure you take a moment to enjoy it. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). …