14 hours ago
Your Roadmap
2 days ago
Never Actioned Logs
3 days ago
Enjoy the Day
4 days ago
You’re Halfway There
5 days ago
Missed One
2 weeks ago
Complacency is a Pain to Clean Up
2 weeks ago
Focus on One Thing
2 weeks ago
Everything Takes Effort
2 weeks ago
Default to Team Patterns
3 weeks ago
Too Many Tabs
Software products have roadmaps – it’s the direction, the map – you want to follow to get from A to B. We don’t always follow it correctly; sometimes we veer off left or right and go off-roading for a while – sometimes I wish we didn’t, but more times than not, I’m super glad we did because it ended up making the product that much better. But in the end, we hit our goal and delivered our solution – it’s a map, similar to when you’re on vacation and you stop at the shop on the way to pick up …
2 days ago
Never Actioned Logs
Greg Thomas
What’s the point of your logs if you’re never going to look at them? If your logs are only there to check the box that “yes, we have logs”, there are many cheaper ways to accomplish this goal. Logs are meant to be actioned. Alerts are meant to be read. If you’re doing neither, then they will never help your users have a better app experience. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
3 days ago
Enjoy the Day
Greg Thomas
I enjoy talking to new people to figure out technology problems, and it’s always a surprise when you hear where they are from or what relation they have to where you are. I used to have a joke, when I’d introduce myself to a crowd of non-Canadian people – “No, I do not know Jeff from Vancouver”. I generally get an “Oh, you’re in Canada” response when I say where I’m from, which I’m only one of many, and despite all the ups and downs, imperfections, day-to-day struggles, and whatnot, it’s always nice to get that response and have that …
Too Many Tabs
The problem with tabs in browsers is that you can leave things alive forever, occupying your thoughts, taking over your brain, always prodding you with work you have yet to complete. It is a reminder of things not finished, always staring you in the face. And who needs that? You know you didn’t finish it. You know you still have work to do. Maybe it’s not your choice, but it is what it is. If you aren’t working on it, save them, group them, do whatever, and close them off. If you need it, you’ll come back to it. Too …
3 weeks ago
The Easy Metric
Tokens were our gateway to playing games. Now they are the measure of our work and efficiency. They don’t have to be, they shouldn’t be, but right now, many companies are looking at token consumption as a successful metric for adoption. Why? Because it’s easy, it’s one thing, easy to count, easy to add, easy to subtract, and it gives you a nice number. The easy metrics have always been eschewed by leaders because they only measure what is easy, and not what is right. Accountability. Value. Responsibility. Leadership. Commitment. These are the values that we have always wanted in …
3 weeks ago
Your Best Work
Remember what your best work was? Do more of that work. Rinse and Repeat. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.