3 days ago
Big days are the summation of small moments that have all pulled together to make something incredible. Whether it’s weeks, months, or years of moments, all of them come together to create something incredible, so on that one big day it looks like a piece of cake. Big Days look great to everyone else, but to you, they are the culmination of so much work, effort, sweat, and tears. Make sure you take a moment to enjoy it.
6 days ago
LLMs keep learning, growing, and improving. But they are only as good as the scenarios that they are dropped into. For instance; A new code library that doesn’t log errors- great when it works, not great when it fails. Requirements that use “generic” nomenclature and not what everyone else uses, only good if you’re a senior dev. QA Test Cases that generate failure scenarios for tests which don’t apply to your stack? Add extra work. Diagrams that point to systems that don’t exist (but should), don’t give you the current state. If you’re not cleaning up and working with your
2 weeks ago
It’s never a Quick Question – it starts at 2 mins, goes to 5, then 10, maybe 20, and possibly ends at 30. That’s not a bad thing; you need information, and someone can help you. The Question cannot be quick because once you get the answer to the first part of your question, you’ll inevitably have more. A better request, with the same amount of urgency, could be; I have an Urgent Question (no time) I need your help (see above) Can you help (immediate, asking for your attention) Do you know this works? (see above) There is no
2 weeks ago
Don’t let your Never Shipped get too big; it will swallow you whole. It doesn’t matter who uses it or who gets it, just that you shipped. I once built a product, put it out there, and for months no one wanted it. On the day I shut it down, a university called asking for a demo to use it. You never know until you ship. This is more than dipping your toe in the water; this is putting your whole foot in, this is wading into your waist. And the water’s cold. So most leave it to their toe.
2 weeks ago
Not a Hike. Not a Jump. Take a Leap, take a chance, do the thing that you’re not sure if you should do, and go for it. Any way you slice it, you always win with a Leap – you learn, you grow, you fall down, you pick yourself up, and you go again. If you haven’t taken a leap lately, maybe that’s what’s really bugging you.
