Blog

24 hours ago

Greg Thomas

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

2 days ago

Greg Thomas

You’ve hit your Usage Limits

I tried out Claude Design this weekend. Pretty cool, lots of fun. I thought I’d build a presentation with it.  I got pretty excited as I worked through it, and then after a few hours of work, I hit my weekly usage limit. One presentation, 32 slides, 2 hours of work – usage limits hit for the week.  No deep thinking on learning. Does it mean it’s a bad product?  No, I just didn’t plan for the usage limit to kick in before I was done, or know what it equated to. What I learned; When you hit your usage

3 days ago

Greg Thomas

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

In University, I took a critical thinking course with a slant towards Psychology.  Others took critical thinking courses with a slant towards Philosophy. I’m sure there are other options out there. Regardless, they were two (separate) books, you had to pore through.  They weren’t easy reads, and they made you question many things. But they taught me how to approach problems, how to break things down, how to make the complex simplified. In the age of AI, getting to the root of a user’s problem is the most valuable resource you have.  Anyone can go type into AI and get

4 days ago

Greg Thomas

We still Need Walkthroughs

When I was stuck on a level in a game, magazines and instruction booklets that came with the game were my way through; they were the walkthrough I needed to get there. I still had to do the work, but I had the path forward; now I just had to take it. Just because we all have AI, don’t discount the use of giving your users a walkthrough – they still want to be able to do things themselves, with a little help.

5 days ago

Greg Thomas

Yes, But What does it do?

If you can’t tell me what it does, then it doesn’t matter what the fix is, we have a much bigger problem. And that is, we don’t know what it does. Whether it’s you, AI, or Fred at the coffee shop, you need to know what it does. Base metric.