Articles for category: Drive

2 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

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.

No One Likes to Run

Starting is easy, but midway through, something starts to hurt. Just when you think you’ve mastered a distance, you add on a few more, thinking it will be nothing and hurt even more. Figuring out your pace is hard; some days you are on fire, other days you’re way behind. To improve, you need to show up every day. It’s not only about running, mixing in biking and hills can help, but they aren’t always running, it’s something else. If you’re running for fun, that’s great, but most people have a goal in mind, and reaching that goal can be

The Idea Matrix of Your Team

A Matrix is an environment or system where something else, an idea, a product, a concept, takes form and becomes something else. You go into the Matrix and come out changed by it (just like in the movie). The Idea Matrix is the lunchroom chatter, the discussion after a meeting has happened, the back and forth at your desk – that generates the next idea that your team should be working on. The Idea Matrix is a key indicator of growth as well – not all ideas are great, but the ability to generate ideas, the willingness to try new

Two Approaches to Blisters

You can bandage them up and keep going; yes, they will irritate and eventually pop. You can wait for them to go away, however long that takes. One is pragmatic and pushes you back at the worry of further injury, one pushes the envelope, lets the skin heal over and harden. Whatever approach you take is up to you, but clearly, you need new shoes to prevent it from happening again.