13 hours ago
The Author’s Notes
2 days ago
AI RecursiveTechDebt
3 days ago
The Complaint Department
4 days ago
Hitting your Pace
5 days ago
AI Rest
6 days ago
Trends on Trends
7 days ago
The Bermuda Triangle
1 week ago
Various Ideas
1 week ago
Too Much To Do
1 week ago
AI Wash
13 hours ago
I never used to read the author’s notes before getting into a book – “Who cared what the person thought when they were writing this masterpiece? Get me to good stuff and let me know how it ends… SHOW ME THAT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT”. But more and more, I’m fascinated by them in understanding what someone went through in creating this piece of art. Starting a new book today, from 1986, the author had about 10 pages of notes walking you through thought processes and how this book was their first idea but then they needed a prequel (and oddly enough …
2 days ago
AI RecursiveTechDebt
Greg Thomas
Right now, when working with AI-generated code, I’m trying more and more to focus on architectural thinking: what if what comes next is a small bug that I or someone else needs to fix? Small bugs don’t need an entire app flow to be regenerated; it’s a small change, a quick PR, and off we go. That’s the benefit of a strong architecture – you make the change where you need to make it and not all over the place. If you have a framework for building services that works, AI inherits that infrastructure and leverages it, expanding it and …
3 days ago
The Complaint Department
Greg Thomas
All complaints are in, and wow, there are a lot. The complaints are easy; anyone can write a complaint about anything. I don’t like the grip on my chainsaw (I know nothing about grips). I wish my car’s cupholders were 3 inches back and could hold 3 drinks instead of 2 (when ordering for the family). Many cool products and inventions come from complaints – watching what people are building with 3d printers to solve the above problems and many more is incredible to watch. You can keep chirping at the Complaint Department, or pick one up and make it …
1 week ago
AI Wash
I had to buy a new washer recently, and it has a feature on it called “AI Wash” alongside every other pre-existing feature on the washer. The “AI Wash” feature detects the load weight, soil level, and fabric softness and then determines how best to run. I can also connect it to my phone and remotely start a wash cycle (I’m guessing this is so I can use my washer during off-peak times in the electricity). I have tried either of these features yet and have so many more questions on how they run. But I did have the hose …
2 weeks ago
The Big Day
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. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and US). …
2 weeks ago
Filling in Gaps
There are some days when my role is to fill in gaps. We don’t have “X,” and no one knows “X”? Looks like I’m spending some time learning “X” today. I have zero complaints about filling gaps, because I think it’s where you can get the best opportunity to learn a new thing and figure out how it connects to everything else you do. It can seem stressful; it’s akin to someone dropping a stack of files on your desk – “Here, figure it out”. That’s okay, we need more of “Here, figure it out”. Want more? Check out my …