Articles for category: Growth

March 5, 2025

Greg Thomas

Deploying Parallel Software

Upgrades used to control Software Delivery. How well do you upgrade from one version to the other, do you run them side-by-side, etc, etc? When we deployed client/server the big separator is that they were ALWAYS distinct. Now we live in a world where we can “toggle” between the old and new, bringing about its own challenges. If you’re building software that toggles between feature sets there are a few scenarios you should always be aware of; Make sure one setting doesn’t bleed into the other. Keep them independent. If you’re introducing the toggling to get feedback, ask for it,

February 28, 2025

Greg Thomas

People Remember the Little Things

They remember the time you took to explain a problem. They remember your patience. They remember the extra meeting you setup to make sure everyone understood the problem. They remember you walking through the issue once, twice and thrice. Ask anyone, it’s always the little thing that everyone remembers.

February 25, 2025

Greg Thomas

Approaches vs Fixes

Fixes are minor annoyances that bug us and hold us back. Add a label, change the field, move a button to the right, add a new page, clean up the navigation, add in some extra fields, show this as a grid, use a different UI widget, etc, etc. Fixes are a long list, they are the backlog that drags on forever that you open up and say – “Does this stuff still matter?” They do, to someone, and they are holding back the success of your project and work. Approaches are different. Approaches are how we solve a group of

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