8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Find the Curiosity

Whatever you are building on, you need to know what is beneath to be successful. That means you need to be curious. Low code, Vibe Code, No Code is great until you need to figure out why something isn’t working. You don’t buy a car without looking under the hood, don’t make the same mistake with the code that you’ve purchased and/or are working on. Be curious.

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

A Tip for Meeting Apps

If I receive an invite in my inbox, and I miss it, as can happen quite a bit. Nudge me after a few hours, and the invite is there. Don’t remind me 15 minutes before the meeting is about to start that I’m attending this meeting. Make my acceptance, not my tentative acceptance, mean something.  Make it mean that I’m actually attending, not “auto-accepted”.

Are we all on the Same Page?

I’ve had a few meetings I start this way. If there is dissension in the room and we’re discussing a key problem, I’ll throw out this statement – “Are we all on the same page?” If we are not on the same page, there is no reason to move forward. Everyone needs to be on the same page, to understand the problem, the reason that you are all here, before you start getting to solutions. Otherwise, everyone is coming up with ideas that not everyone believes will solve the issue at hand. On the same page, move forward, different pages,

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Build it like it’s Yours

There is an old story about the Carpenter’s House – the last project before he moves on. At the end, he finds out he’s been building his own house the whole time, and cut corners all along the way. So now he’s stuck with a “meh” house with lots of fixes needed for it. I don’t think you’re going to get your own cloud tenant on the last one you built for a client, but if anything, if you’re wanting to separate yourself from other in the market with your work – pride, value, commitment – these are all things