Articles for category: Delivery

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

The First 15 Pages

The first 15 pages are the test. They might not be your speed – perhaps too fast, too chaotic, too slow – perhaps that’s the narrative of the story taking place, and they want you to feel that. But they are a test. If you can get through the first 15, the next 15 might be better, or maybe you’ll have enough knowledge to know that they aren’t as bad. Then, when you’re 150 pages in, you might go – wow, this is unbelievable and incredible, why did I never read this before? Or you might realize it’s not your

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Working through the Frustrations

When you’re learning something new, it’s the frustrations that make it worthwhile because when you break through, you realize just how far you have come. I use AI to help on the daily with tasks that I know, should know, and have worked through in the past. I went through those frustrations and learned how it worked behind the scenes so I could get to that point. If you haven’t gone through the frustrations, you haven’t learned anything; you’ve been given something, but learned something?  No. So the question is do you want to learn something or have it be

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Code Your Way Up

It’s been over 5 years since Code Your Way Up came out.  I get asked every now and again whether there will be a second edition, perhaps updated with the influences of AI and all that has changed along the way. The answer is no, when I look at the patterns, frameworks, and questions that were asked in that initial release, they still ring true today. Interesting, this is ChatGPT’s interpretation of the book. ✅ Should You Read It? If your goal is to transition from coding to leading—learning to drive delivery, take ownership, grow teams, and navigate the challenges

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Make the Hard Decisions

If every decision were easy, we probably wouldn’t have a word for it. It would just be a thing that we do. Hard decisions aren’t easy, and when I look at people and teams I have worked with who have had to make them, I have always respected them for making those calls. Sitting at the table, making those hard decisions is never easy . Easy decisions are throwing someone under the bus; Hard decisions are working with them. Pick your decision.

8 months ago

Greg Thomas

Find the Curiosity

Whatever you are building on, you need to know what is beneath to be successful. That means you need to be curious. Low code, Vibe Code, No Code is great until you need to figure out why something isn’t working. You don’t buy a car without looking under the hood, don’t make the same mistake with the code that you’ve purchased and/or are working on. Be curious.

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