Month: May 2026

1 month ago

Greg Thomas

The Backup Drive Habit

Yes, I still use Backup Drives for files. Not regularly, but every now and then, I get a random thought – “Oh, I should back that up”. Setting up a new computer, I back up to the cloud, but also to a local drive… because hey… local drives have never failed, right (they have)? Someone younger than me who never used external drives probably doesn’t use them, but for my generation, going from 1.44 MB to 1 TB in your hand was power incarnate and always gave you that security blanket of – “if something goes wrong I still have

1 month ago

Greg Thomas

Two Approaches to Blisters

You can bandage them up and keep going; yes, they will irritate and eventually pop. You can wait for them to go away, however long that takes. One is pragmatic and pushes you back at the worry of further injury, one pushes the envelope, lets the skin heal over and harden. Whatever approach you take is up to you, but clearly, you need new shoes to prevent it from happening again.

1 month ago

Greg Thomas

The Fear of Growth

When we get our first whiff of responsibility from all the great work we do, we sometimes worry that this is going to become the new norm. And the answer is, yes, you’ve shown yourself to be great. People want to see more; they want to raise the bar. And then we wrestle with the inner choice as to whether we are going to take the leap and go for it. We’re afraid of the next step because of what responsibility it might bring. And only you can decide whether you’re willing to take that leap.

1 month ago

Greg Thomas

Footwork and Repetition

If you want to be good at soccer in the long run, you need strong footwork. Over time, we all get slower; we can try to slow it down or improve our stamina, but we all get slower. It’s just life. But footwork, footwork isn’t built on speed, it’s built on control, repetition, and most importantly, being able to handle the ball without looking at it. Repetition and being able to handle the ball without looking at it – seems like an important skill for a job when speed fails.

1 month ago

Greg Thomas

Making Up Answers

I ran into this scenario with Claude a few weeks ago. I was trying to figure out what an API can and cannot do. In an effort to make me happy, it made up a method for an API that did not exist. You’re right to question it — I fabricated that endpoint. It doesn’t exist in the official Power Platform API. Sorry about that. And then it kept going on, until I went back to the piece about it, fabricating an endpoint. Yes, I did — and I shouldn’t have. I presented that URL with confidence as if it

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