I like to game, but I find the starting of games to be a roadblock. New controls, new features, new concepts, new directives – especially if it’s a “LIKE” game that you have already played before where you already knew what to do in it. The first few weeks of a New Game are critical because you have to commit to the learning, to figuring things out, to walking through what does and doesn’t work…
Start with what needs to be done. But you know that, and no one wants to start there because that is boring. What you are trying to answer is – “How can I avoid what needs to be done and get to what I want to be doing?” – that’s another question that requires you to go back to the first question – to focus on what needs to get done so you can focus…
I spent the last few weeks trying to create a straightforward no-code app – login page, show a profile – I ended up going back to code to get it done in a few days. If I didn’t know the code, I would have had two options in front of me; Invest myself in a company’s specific framework and learn “their way” to do No Code. Not do what I want, but use some of…
And other great developer messages… “Build Succeeded…” “Unit Tests Passed…” “Successfully Deployed…” “Pipeline ran Successfully…” Amazing how much joy these few messages have brought me over the years.
There are places I cannot work for a prolonged time from; Coffee shops. Cottage. Airports (or on a plane). etc (in places like the above). Too many distractions, too much pull into too many directions. I can wake up early in the morning and crank out productivity in the lobby of a hotel for hours while those around me get ready for the day. I can pull it together at a customer site as they…