You can be productive and be creative. Productivity isn’t a factor that does everything a certain way without deviation. Productivity is committing to the goal and finding a path to get to that goal. When creativity enters the mix, productivity can go in a variety of different directions designed to help you try out new ideas and initiatives and grow. You can deliver consistently be productive and still be creative in the solutions you create.…
It’s here, it’s finally here, we’ve waited all year for it. And now it is here. The calendar rolled over. Time to begin anew and move forward with our hopes and dreams. Or, and most importantly, keep going on the projects you started in 2024, don’t shelve them for the shiny and bright, keep pushing through.
That’s awesome. Now why are you building a calculator? What does your calculator do differently than the one that currently ships with Windows? Nothing? It does exactly what the current Windows calculator does. It doesn’t do anything different. Feeding AI the requirements for an app that has existed since 1980 isn’t magic. Sure AI might do it faster, but when was the last time you bundled your app with a calculator? I recently did a…
Teams grow. Products get more complicated. Process encroaches. Security protocols enter the fray. You’re past Minimum Viable Product. Now it’s about growth, security, and maintaining delivery timelines and schedules. But never leave the small business mindset that you had and that got you there – think small, work with what you have, deliver big.
When you have to start paying extra because the implementation path you have chosen is no longer supported. That is the sign you’ve been waiting for to deal with the issue at hand. That is the big sign in the sky saying – “Stop, Fix this, Move On” All that money that could go towards new hires, tools and equipment is somehow being “found” to hold onto what doesn’t work and costs extra to maintain…