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Storms Expose the Cracks
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I Don’t Believe in Focus Time
2 days ago
Code Like an Artist
4 days ago
What’s Your Reset Limit
5 days ago
The Element of Fun
6 days ago
Your Roadmap
7 days ago
Never Actioned Logs
1 week ago
Enjoy the Day
1 week ago
You’re Halfway There
1 week ago
Missed One
And then it’s up to you to figure out how you’ll fix them. We’ve all had those repairs that we’ve pushed off because – “we’ll get to it someday”. And then the storm hits, and we think to ourselves – “someday was yesterday”. So now the question is, when is the next someday going to come, because we know the next storm is going to be just as rough. 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.
1 day ago
I Don’t Believe in Focus Time
Greg Thomas
I don’t get the concept of “Focus Time” in your calendar. I.e., signalling to everyone that this is when I’ll do work because that implies that the rest of the time that I am not working. Meetings have value when done right. Calls have value when done right. Standups have value when done right. Work has value when done right. The goal is to figure out how to stay focused and deliver. Move your meetings around. Select which ones you are going to. Drop the non-value activities. Your calendar can be lightweight but have plenty of focus time. Want more? …
Code Like an Artist
Greg Thomas
Coding will always be a creative endeavour to me – forever and ever. Use a different Framework. Try out a new SDK. Connect to a new API or MCP Integrate with another platform. Use Dependency Injection. Scope your Agent. Trigger from an Event. Any and all of these can be decided and created in a variety of different ways, and they can all be done creatively and with reckless abandon. Don’t code like a machine, code like an artist. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and …
1 week ago
Missed One
The schedule broke last week, and many routines broke (something AI cannot fix unless you want it to look at my past writings and write something). But now the schedule has been fixed, and we’re back. And by schedule, I mean me. I didn’t write anything, had a number of other items to work on, and that was the week. Now it’s time to reset and revisit. 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 weeks ago
Complacency is a Pain to Clean Up
For the past few years, I’ve waged a war with mice at our cabin, essentially trying to keep them out of our crawlspace storage area. It’s not a perfect setup, but it’s necessary, and for a few years, I thought I was winning the war – they were staying away, never coming back. But this year, they all ganged up on me, and they launched a counteroffensive (or at least I like to imagine they all had a huddle and got together to come at me). And did they ever, laying waste to everything in our storage area (emphasis on …
3 weeks ago
Focus on One Thing
Pick one thing, work on it. Then the next. Focus breeds success. Read one book. Draw one picture. Learn one riff. Release one app. Focus and then move onto next. 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.