Tell me what you’re trying to do. That’s the question you have to be able to answer. What are you trying to do? If you can’t answer it, you’re not sure what you’re trying to do; that’s okay, break it down into smaller parts until you do know what you’re trying to do. No need trying to do something you don’t know or understand – keep breaking it down until you do know, and then…

If we stopped designing houses, the results would be interesting. We design for a reason, we take that moment to breathe and think about a problem, stare out a window in silence, and contemplate what is happening. Any problem that has been solved well took this time to figure out the design. Yes, it’s not always fast, but it should always be good.

AI will give you steps on how to lead people, but it’s not in there doing the hard work, the in-the-trenches work, the back and forth with the team member who is struggling. It’s not in their thinking about how to motivate them, and looking at how they acted, what their body language was, the tone of their voice, or everything going on in their life. Yes, AI is going to give you suggestions, plans,…

10,000 hours of effort do not happen in one day. Your token consumption is not an adequate metric of how long it takes for you to accomplish your work. There are things in life that are designed and meant to take a long time to get there and figure them out. After drawing for 10ish years, I’ve finally found the pencil I like the most to work with – the right weight, feel, and lead…

We’re being reconditioned right now to not think because it takes too long. I spent 3 hours this past weekend thinking about how to approach some problems, what would and would not work, and running through the scenarios in my head. I’m still running through a coding problem with AI that is encroaching on 5 hours, trying to get something to work that should just work (based on the APIs). Thinking is good, thinking is…