February 28, 2023

Greg Thomas

Focus on their Successes

Successes build strength and courage to try what is next. There is always success in failure… An idea you tried that didn’t quite pan out, but now you know. The code didn’t work as a product but could be a feature. The process that missed the mark, but exposed the cracks that you never saw before. There is success in everything, if you are willing to look for it.

February 26, 2023

Greg Thomas

System of One

We all have our own Systems that we use to do things. I.e., how we structure our files, create new projects, do error handling, log errors, etc. It generally gets the response of – “that’s just how I do it”. When you’re running Solo, the System of One works great because the only evaluating party is yourself is you. You get to decide whether it’s worth it or not, how it helps you, and what value you get from it. But when you scale to two, three, or more, the System of One can’t function when that workload needs to

February 25, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Goal of Any New Process

The goal of any new process is to solve a problem. If you are not able to solve a problem with your process then you have introduced a new problem to your team, one they probably didn’t need. Make sure you know the goals, before you build something new (that might not even need to exist).

February 24, 2023

Greg Thomas

Paying for the Software Basics

Software that is stable. Software that delivers on the features that you downloaded it for. Software that is simple and intuitive to use. Do the core features work from release to release? Those are the basics of any software solution that from release to release should always be there. Everything else is an add-on bonus, but the core, the core should never be buggy.