Articles for category: Delivery

August 14, 2024

Greg Thomas

Your Archnemesis

We all have them, and they aren’t people – it’s the one thing that stops you in your tracks and frustrates you to no end. For me it’s TLS and certificates, it’s a pain, I’ve tried learning it over and over again.  I have bashed my head against the table on this subject over and over again.  I secretly hope it is replaced by something much simpler – i.e., SECURITY_ON and SECURITY_OFF Other people get them, they are my kryptonite. We all have our kryptonite, our nemesis, the best thing to do is to find people who get it so

August 13, 2024

Greg Thomas

The User’s Path

If you’re building tools for your users to use. It would be important to ask them… How are they going to use it? What will make them wake up every day and use it? Why do they need to have this? How will it save them time and why? All these questions are about your users and what they need from it.  We sometimes think we have the answers, but we often don’t. We have our perception of the answers, but those are just that, perceptions, not the answers themselves.

August 4, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Goal of your Code Repository

We don’t often ourselves this question, but it is a valid one. Is it a dumping ground? Is there a structure to it? Do you want to be able to deploy to a new environment with a script? Does each team need a sandbox? Do you want teams to have sandboxes? How long will it live? All these (and many more) are questions you should ask when setting up your repository that go beyond “New Repository…”

August 3, 2024

Greg Thomas

Project Delays

What delays your projects? If you work outside, the weather is a monster factor. If you need internet, not having a connection is the big issue. If you don’t have the right tools, you’re fighting against that the entire time. All these are yes or no answers – you either have it or you don’t – call these fixed delays. Variable delays, are the unknowns, the unquantifiable, the questions that arise from people not sure about what to do, misunderstanding the problem or perhaps just not sure as to what they should be doing. Know what is causing a delay

July 31, 2024

Greg Thomas

New Keyboards

I’m picky about my keyboards. I don’t like when they are too loud. The formatting of the fingers are very important (a year ago I switched to the Natural keyboards and love them). If possible, minimum lighting is preferred (only on the pesky lock buttons), everything else can be dark. And that’s all they need to do because that is all I need or want from a keyboard. When I buy a new keyboard I like, I buy two of them so when one goes (and sadly, they all go), I have a spare one on hand so I can