Articles for category: Drive

7 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Race to the Bottom

Throw a ball in the air, and it drops like a rock, picking up speed as it reaches the ground.  Depending on how much gravity is applied, the rock will crash into little pebbles, a shell of its former self. End what I know about science and gravity. But right now, in our work, we are in a race to the bottom, and many are taking advantage of it. Yes, AI can produce much more than I can in minutes. But I’m always refactoring it. Yes, AI can search the world, providing me with all the answers to my questions I

7 months ago

Greg Thomas

Talking about Work

This is one of the best quotes from Moneyball. Talking, talking, talking, but never taking the chance, never taking the risk, never willing to press the button. I’ll keep it simple… Things will break. Debugging is never straightforward. Work isn’t easy. You won’t succeed the first time. But if all you do is talk, you will never learn, you will never grow, you will never find the next path you should be on. Don’t talk about it, do it.

7 months ago

Greg Thomas

Where to Start

When firefighters arrive at a blaze, they assess where to start and begin. Time is of the essence; lives are at stake. I’m sure they get it wrong – misjudge the wind, can’t see all the variables, don’t know about that indoor propane tank, etc, etc – but they have to start somewhere. If given the opportunity to stop time and spend hours and even days determining the proper approach, I’m sure they’d take it. But they can’t, they have to have faith in their team, what they have learned and what they know – and they give their best

7 months ago

Greg Thomas

Things You Can’t Argue With

There are many things you can argue with, but at the same time, many things you can never argue with. Someone’s effort and desire to solve a problem – let them loose. Someone’s commitment to an issue. Someone’s dedication. Someone’s consistency. Someone’s drive or initiative. These are things you can’t argue with; they might be going in the wrong direction or require guidance, but you can’t argue with them because with them, this person is showing how much they care. Arguing with them, coming down on them, will only serve to slow down and stop their effort, when that is

7 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Coding Conundrum

There are ways to fix your problems. I can do it fast by getting vibe coding it- and it will look nice, but may not scale. I can do it with no code, but I might be limited by how far I can take it with the features made available to me; it probably won’t look as nice as if I’d Vibe Coded, as it will be following a structured template. I can code it myself; this might take longer and scale, and I will still need to build a UX on top of it. This is where code is

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