Month: April 2023

April 18, 2023

Greg Thomas

How to Run a Performance Test

Here’s how you run performance, scalability, and load tests. Write down what you are going to test. Write down how you are going to test it. Write down how you are going to measure the test. Run the test. Report on the test. Rinse, Tweak, and Repeat Don’t worry if, in the first round, you get it wrong, that’s why you rinse, tweak and repeat to keep getting better and better at it. Most times we get hung up on #1 and #2 because we want it to be perfect, but it never will be, you just need to get

April 17, 2023

Greg Thomas

The Heavy Lifting

No one wants to do the heavy lifting, especially if you’ve done it before, you know just how heavy it can really be and that what is being said at that next meeting or on paper is just a glimpse into what is required. But at the end of the day, it needs to get done and you can either ignore it or start lifting. What you might not realize is that if you’re seeing what needs to be lifted, others might not be and that puts you in a unique position to not only lift first but lead the

April 16, 2023

Greg Thomas

Setbacks and Blowbacks

Setbacks are minor disruptions in our plans to try something new. Blowbacks are the unintended consequences when someone comes down on us because our plan didn’t work. Setbacks are not equal to Blowbacks. We have the choice to recover from Setbacks, Blowbacks we have no control over (so stop worrying about them).

April 15, 2023

Greg Thomas

How Many Tools Do You Need

I have my favourite tools to do building projects with.  I don’t even know if I always need them, but when starting a new project, I always bring them. And eventually, I need them. They are the old stalwarts that never fail. Similarly, the tools I write and code with don’t change much anymore.  I’ve tried a variety of tools but they generally all come back to the same ones.  I drift back because they do what they were intended to do and they do it well. I keep the toolbox small because what I have can do it all. 

April 14, 2023

Greg Thomas

There is No Learn AI

Yes, AI will automate many things. But you will still have to learn how to do things and that will not get faster (depending on your speed of learning). What AI will never automate is our abilities to learn, process and decide. It can provide metrics, analysis, and dashboards, but that last piece will always rest with us and we will always have to take the time to learn new things to be able to do it.

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