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April 22, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Day after the Demo

There is a feeling of calm – it’s done, you did it – it’s over, hopefully it was well received. Hopefully there were some bugs that popped up (because that means you’re not done). But now it’s time for the next stage of work. Now it’s time to get back to ground zero and work your way back up to the next demo, the next release, the next push. You might be feeling a little lost due to the reaction of some of the big pieces that you wanted to showcase that went over “okay” and other smaller pieces that

April 21, 2021

Greg Thomas

Just In Case Coding

You wouldn’t put a cast on a completely healthy leg – just in case you broke it later that week would you? Probably not. So don’t fall into the trap of doing extra coding – “just in case they want this or they want to do this or someone asks for this”. There is a line between accepting edge cases into your code and embarking on “just in case coding”. If you are using the wording – “just in case” – it’s probably that type of coding.

April 20, 2021

Greg Thomas

Getting Better vs Looking Better

There is a difference between getting better and looking better. When you are getting better – you are focused on your team, their growth, their skills, their objectives, delivering the work that you do – in doing so you might have to change gears on the fly, you might have to shift your approach, you might have to try out new ideas. To the outside, it might not look great, but you’re in it for the long run, you’re in it for the growth and the betterment of your team. That is all that you are in it for –

April 19, 2021

Greg Thomas

Bottle Up the Good

We are at a time in our lives where things are not going as great as we wish they would be (or maybe should have been). Where we are working as hard as we can, doing everything we can to achieve one goal – staying safe. And that one goal is falling by the wayside. In the battle to see where we are at, we are checking the scale daily to see if we are going up or down or staying the same. It’s the complete opposite of what you are supposed to do when trying to lose weight –

April 18, 2021

Greg Thomas

Form vs Function

My level of anxiety, worry, spidey sense and big flashing red alarm warnings starts going off when I’m in the midst of a heavy presentation only to have someone at the back ask the following question. “Is this the right template that we should be using?” At that point, I want to stop presenting and look around the room to get a feel for what is being said. Is the “beauty and prettiness” of what is being presented more valuable than the function of what is actually being presented. If everything else being presented was garbage would we be just