Articles for category: Drive

2 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

Knowing your Code Context

There has never been a more important time to know what your code does and how it works. It’s no longer about knowing more than the other person who sits beside you.  That competition is over; there are systems out there that will run circles around you. It’s about knowing the context of what your code does, what it talks to, what it interfaces with, and why it retrieves data in a certain way. Everyone is going to AI for answers, and the best piece of information that you can add that AI cannot is the context to your code.

2 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

Chocolate Milk and Coffee do not Mix

We ran out of milk, but had some chocolate milk. I thought, why not try it in my coffee, since I need something to go in my coffee?  I tried adding it to my tea the day before, and it did not work. Fun fact, it does not hit well in coffee either – which I guess is why it has never taken off. But now I tried, and now I know. Don’t stop experimenting… I might not have liked this… but maybe you will.

2 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

Your Daily Learn

What is your daily Learn? Don’t leave it to the weekends, it won’t happen. Don’t leave it to some great big 8-hour marathon, it won’t happen. Don’t leave it till the night before, you won’t retain anything. Learning is still a process that we iteratively go through and need to not forget how to do. YouTube, Blogs, Udemy – there is so much out there – taken in increments, you’ll be much farther with what you do each day in your growth if you start with a plan today.

3 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

In University, I took a critical thinking course with a slant towards Psychology.  Others took critical thinking courses with a slant towards Philosophy. I’m sure there are other options out there. Regardless, they were two (separate) books, you had to pore through.  They weren’t easy reads, and they made you question many things. But they taught me how to approach problems, how to break things down, how to make the complex simplified. In the age of AI, getting to the root of a user’s problem is the most valuable resource you have.  Anyone can go type into AI and get

3 weeks ago

Greg Thomas

Yes, But What does it do?

If you can’t tell me what it does, then it doesn’t matter what the fix is, we have a much bigger problem. And that is, we don’t know what it does. Whether it’s you, AI, or Fred at the coffee shop, you need to know what it does. Base metric.

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