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The Direction of AI
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Generating Meeting Value
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You can build it in 2 Minutes
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Take that Thinking Time
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The Learning Rhythm
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The Backup Drive Habit
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Two Approaches to Blisters
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The Fear of Growth
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Footwork and Repetition
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Making Up Answers
11 hours ago
I heard a good quote a few weeks ago about AI, because LLMs need to learn, what they learn comes from historical models, which are then used to extrapolate behaviour moving forward with what they have learned. Case in point, to draw, AI had to look at pictures of drawings to define structure and learning in order to draw in a similar model. I pick up a pencil, stare at the piece of paper, and see what comes out. Now, I would love to have the benefit of a model of all these artists in my head to help me …
1 day ago
Generating Meeting Value
Greg Thomas
Meetings exist to solve problems and move forward. Those two elements combine to create value. If your meetings are not generating value, then they are reducing it. And right now, you don’t have time to reduce value. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). I’m also the co-host of the Remotely Prepared podcast.
3 days ago
You can build it in 2 Minutes
Greg Thomas
Yes, with any AI tool, you can build a product in 2 minutes. But what is your ship rate? What is your customer acquisition rate? Even better, what is the customer referral rate? Next, how does it integrate into your existing platform, infrastructure, and workload? Is it still 2 minutes? I’m still wary when a developer says, “I’ll be done in 2 minutes”, because it never is. Nothing takes 2 minutes; pieces of things take 2 minutes, but the entire picture together, that takes longer than 2 minutes. You can build it in 2 minutes, but it takes longer to …
Making Up Answers
I ran into this scenario with Claude a few weeks ago. I was trying to figure out what an API can and cannot do. In an effort to make me happy, it made up a method for an API that did not exist. You’re right to question it — I fabricated that endpoint. It doesn’t exist in the official Power Platform API. Sorry about that. And then it kept going on, until I went back to the piece about it, fabricating an endpoint. Yes, I did — and I shouldn’t have. I presented that URL with confidence as if it …
2 weeks ago
Don’t Feel Guilty about Design
In anything, good design is what sets good work apart from itself. Did you take the time to learn the underlying structure? Did you look at the technology and libraries that were being used? Did you think about the usage scenarios that would be applied by your team? Did you run through multiple problems in your head to resolve them? In the early stages, we complain about design taking too long; it’s not a sexy billable either, but when the product ships, when it runs without falling over. Yeah, that’s good design, so make sure you give it the focus …
2 weeks ago
Now I understand High School
I was never a math or science major in school, and strongly disliked having to show my work. I wanted to figure out the answer in any way I could, and just give out the answer and get the full marks. Now with AI, I’m seeing code and ticket changes that go from a blank class file to a fully fleshed out solution – that might work well – but hasn’t been removed. It’s a good reminder for me as I use AI, that yes, it’s important to keep showing my work. The differentiator won’t be the answer; we all …