Articles for category: Delivery

13 hours ago

Greg Thomas

Learning for the Team

When leading a team, there are things you need to learn so your team can have someone to talk to and bounce ideas off of. You don’t need to have all the answers. You are not meant to be an expert. You are meant to be there for your team. You are meant to take that “new” thing you learned, apply everything that you know, and provide an opinion on how they could solve a problem. Sometimes, that’s why you might need to do some learning for your team, even if you’re not the one doing the actual work. Queue

6 days ago

Greg Thomas

Hitting your Pace

I run a comfortable 6:30 – 7:00 per km pace. I vary between it, sometimes going lower, sometimes higher (depending on where I am in the run), but generally I’m there in that bracket. The only way it will improve is if each day I show up (giving space for rest days) and work each day to shave off a second here, a second there. The goal is to get below 6 mins consistently, and at first I thought that was a goal that could be done in 2 – 3 months, but I was properly corrected – by my

2 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

AI Wash

I had to buy a new washer recently, and it has a feature on it called “AI Wash” alongside every other pre-existing feature on the washer. The “AI Wash” feature detects the load weight, soil level, and fabric softness and then determines how best to run. I can also connect it to my phone and remotely start a wash cycle (I’m guessing this is so I can use my washer during off-peak times in the electricity). I have tried either of these features yet and have so many more questions on how they run. But I did have the hose

2 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

Filling in Gaps

There are some days when my role is to fill in gaps. We don’t have “X,” and no one knows “X”? Looks like I’m spending some time learning “X” today. I have zero complaints about filling gaps, because I think it’s where you can get the best opportunity to learn a new thing and figure out how it connects to everything else you do. It can seem stressful; it’s akin to someone dropping a stack of files on your desk – “Here, figure it out”. That’s okay, we need more of “Here, figure it out”.

3 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

Software Libraries Die

When you least expect it. From a KB article that no one read. One day, a library you are using will die, and you’ll have to rewrite that code. My advice? Make sure what you are doing with that library is well-written, well-designed, and makes complete logical sense (comments and documentation are a given). Because one day, that super critical library you are working with, will die.

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