2 hours ago
Now is the Time to Learn
1 day ago
Throwing Solutions at a Problem
2 days ago
AI Doesn’t Do Half the Job
3 days ago
Research, Analysis and Dissemination
4 days ago
The Importance of Design
5 days ago
The Pace of Change is Collapsing
6 days ago
A New Fresh Look
1 week ago
Knowing your Code Context
1 week ago
Chocolate Milk and Coffee do not Mix
1 week ago
Your Daily Learn
There has never been a more important time to always be learning. I don’t know if there ever will (maybe when we get transporters). Each day, come out with something new – it doesn’t have to generate mass revenue and hockey stick growth in a day. It might not even pay off today. But in the next month, three months, or six, it will pay off. Now is the time to learn, schedule it, make it part of your daily cadence. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon …
1 day ago
Throwing Solutions at a Problem
Greg Thomas
It has never been easier than it is now to throw multiple solutions at a problem. Solutions you can validate, attempt, and see what they do. That’s what you are up against now: systems that throw solutions at problems, not ideas, not blue-sky thinking, not options, but the actual solutions. You probably can’t throw multiple solutions at any one problem, but you can come prepared, ready to work, ready to put together a solid list. You can throw your will, design, purpose, and value at the problem. Harder to measure, but easier to see in the end. Want more? Check …
2 days ago
AI Doesn’t Do Half the Job
Greg Thomas
AI does all the job. Does it do it the right way? Debatable. But they always go all in on a task, without fail, right or wrong. Sometimes you have to go all in. You can’t analyze and theorize forever; you can’t always stick your foot in the water. You have to do the whole job. 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.
Your Daily Learn
What is your daily Learn? Don’t leave it to the weekends, it won’t happen. Don’t leave it to some great big 8-hour marathon, it won’t happen. Don’t leave it till the night before, you won’t retain anything. Learning is still a process that we iteratively go through and need to not forget how to do. YouTube, Blogs, Udemy – there is so much out there – taken in increments, you’ll be much farther with what you do each day in your growth if you start with a plan today. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – …
1 week ago
I Don’t Know
I want an AI prompt to return – “I don’t know”. I want it so bad. I don’t want other options or ideas, I want that one line. To me, that’s when AI has closed the gap on working with humans – when I can have a conversation with you and get back “I don’t know”. When someone on a team replies with “I don’t know,” that’s when you realize the pivot, the next course of action, how to take a step back and rethink the problem – all of those great reset moments. No adjectives, no verbs, no 14 …
2 weeks ago
The Developer Leadership Balance
Team Leadership for developers is at a very tricky point right now. We have had code generators in the past that improved developers’ work, but we would never compare a developer to a generator. But now, agents and application generation are letting those thoughts permeate into our minds as we work and lead our team. It’s easy to show up to a meeting, now, and have a user type in a prompt, during a meeting, and show the app they have created in minutes. To add to this, many organizations are tracking token usage to ensure developers are using AI …