Articles for category: Drive

7 months ago

Greg Thomas

Coding Offline

It used to be that you could take your entire codebase, drop it on a laptop, and code to heart’s content without having to worry about online connections and wifi connections. Now, you have to be connected all the time to get at your data, to validate the service from another partner. Coding Offline, in a cave, by yourself is a thing of the past. Mock frameworks, services and localized databases can enable you to be able to do that. But you need to set it all up and if it’s not your first instinct to do so, then it

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Everything is Dead

On any day you’re reading the following; Every profession is dead. Small companies will be drowned out by Vibe Coded Apps Anyone writing code for more than 10 minutes is wasting their time. We are laying off people to make room to buy more machines. That’s a pretty bleary way to start your Monday morning as you try to get going for the week ahead. Everything isn’t dying, it’s changing. Vibe Coded Apps solve some problems, but like any generated code, they create their own as well. You’re not wasting your time coding for more than 10 minutes; you’re learning.

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Work You Hate To Do

Everyone has a task they don’t like to do, yes, that they hate to do. But it never goes away, it just keeps staring you in the face. So here’s the plan; Do that work, do it until it annoys. Figure out a way to get it off your plate – script it, automate it, batch it – whatever you like. Rinse and repeat with the next task you hate. The work you hate never goes away; it only gets ignored, and when it gets ignored, it doesn’t get done, and then things go sideways. Embrace the work you hate,

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Fork

I was reading this article a while back about StackOverflow’s decline in traffic over the past two years and what contributed to it. The best part was the last line, where it discussed “the Fork” – where hopefully StackOverflow isn’t dying, but it’s in the midst of a Fork to figure out what it is to do next. I feel that analogy can be applied to many in software right now.  I was having a conversation with a friend the other day about what we were up to and I said I’m gearing up for what’s next, retooling, relearning. That’s

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Search for the Gaps

Want to know what industries are in need of help? Look for the gaps. What are people complaining about? What do they wish they had? What are the problems they are trying to solve? What solutions require a flair of creativity? Those are the gaps, and they are the opportunities for growth and development. They are not easy to fill or address, but they are always 100% worth it.

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