Articles for category: Drive

17 hours ago

Greg Thomas

Too Many Tabs

The problem with tabs in browsers is that you can leave things alive forever, occupying your thoughts, taking over your brain, always prodding you with work you have yet to complete. It is a reminder of things not finished, always staring you in the face. And who needs that? You know you didn’t finish it. You know you still have work to do. Maybe it’s not your choice, but it is what it is. If you aren’t working on it, save them, group them, do whatever, and close them off. If you need it, you’ll come back to it. Too

The Easy Metric

Tokens were our gateway to playing games. Now they are the measure of our work and efficiency. They don’t have to be, they shouldn’t be, but right now, many companies are looking at token consumption as a successful metric for adoption. Why? Because it’s easy, it’s one thing, easy to count, easy to add, easy to subtract, and it gives you a nice number. The easy metrics have always been eschewed by leaders because they only measure what is easy, and not what is right. Accountability. Value. Responsibility. Leadership. Commitment. These are the values that we have always wanted in

Back to the Terminal

We have gone from the terminal to super-integrated and beautiful User Interface designs. Now we are back to cool-looking terminals that are slick and watch information scroll by in a variety of colours. It’s all a cycle, and I’m so glad that all of my console skills have not gone to waste!

We will always have Regex

In all our agents, in all our copilots, in all our fancy code. We will always have Regex. I still need help with Regex and using tools to help me find the most effective expression. Twenty years ago, when I was starting out, if you had of told me that Regex would be the one constant between now and then, I’m not sure I would have believed you. But there it is… Regex Never Dies.