Sometimes I sit down and try to come up with as many ideas as I can. I’ll set a goal that I will not stop until I write down 25 ideas. Then I get stuck at 15. I used to get up, go do something, try to think of more, but then I realized that was forcing the problem. The best way to get more ideas? Is just to start doing it. Start writing. Start…
Nothing ever works the first time. New ideas stumble over the finish line the first time, and once there, will probably need some help to get ready for the next race. The Unproven ideas, or even the “Not Proven Here” ideas, are the ones with the greatest Naysayers because they are rooted in change. Changing what you do. Changing what the team does. Feeling uncomfortable. Challenging the Unknown. That’s what Naysayers do, they don’t talk…
I’ve been working with GitHub Copilot – which truly is a timesaver when it comes to writing code I’ve written many times over for new projects and lately instead of spending time searching for an issue, I’ll ask ChatGPT how to solve it. They don’t always get it right, but their track record is pretty good. As I ask these technical questions, I keep asking myself – is this the end of technical blogging, and…
I’ve always thought that how you update your system is the most important part of any software you will ever build for one reason: that everyone will see it over and over again. It has to be good to go, resilient, and infallible. The “Restart” updates for Windows have to be the oddest option that could truly benefit from some AI applications. For instance; If an update doesn’t need to be restarted immediately, do you…
I’m still trying to figure out my mission. I have dabbled in many areas, all that I love, and I have yet to find the string that pulls them together. I know it’s there, hiding in the shadows, just waiting to be tugged at, where everything all falls into line like a perfectly tuned orchestra. But I’m not there yet (not sure if I will ever be). So every now and again, to see if…