9 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Old Ways

There is no alternative to building a rock garden but to do the hard work and gather rocks. It’s simply how it works: you go, you get rocks, and you build a garden. There is no way to hack it, hustle it, AI it or amplify it. You collect rocks, you tweak them over and over again, trying to find the perfect fit until you have something resembling a garden. If I’m building a log cabin, the requirements are the same – I need logs, straight logs, shaved down logs, and if I want insulation, I need something between them

What’s Your Mission?

I’m still trying to figure out my mission. I have dabbled in many areas, all that I love, and I have yet to find the string that pulls them together. I know it’s there, hiding in the shadows, just waiting to be tugged at, where everything all falls into line like a perfectly tuned orchestra. But I’m not there yet (not sure if I will ever be). So every now and again, to see if I’m still on the right path, I ask myself what my mission is. What am I trying to solve for? Where am I trying to

9 months ago

Greg Thomas

Vibe Coding – Hold My Beer

Do I want to code via prompt? Not really. I don’t write by voice. I don’t text by voice. I prefer a keyboard, a soft-keyed keyboard at that. I like pressing F5 and seeing what happens. Am I better than Vibe Coding?  Doubt it, probably not as efficient, and I might go slower, whereas it is significantly faster. It’s like telling a construction worker to throw their tools at the materials, go away for an hour, and come back to a house that’s built for them. But what’s the point?  The purpose of the tools and materials is for the

10 months ago

Greg Thomas

Task Management

There comes a point in managing your tasks that you have too many, and organizing them starts to fall by the wayside. You sit down and wonder where to start to get them done and what the best order. Round and round in circles you go, until you come back to the inevitable – Just Start. Task Management has become an industry on its own with a plethora of apps and methods. But at the end of the day, it’s a list you check off items against – how you view them visually is up to you. As long as