There are times when critique is needed and times when it serves no value. First Day on the job? Give them a chance, everyone screws up. Second Day on the job? Where were you on your second day? Third week on the job? Are they learning and still trying? Would you critique a fireperson’s use of a hose as they are in the middle of putting out the fire? Definitely not, they got the fire…
Not sure what to do on a Friday night? How about spending 30 – 40 minutes browsing through a store to find the game or movie (or multiples) that would be your weekend? Video Stores were the cornerstone of every strip mall when I was growing up – they were your default (else) condition if you had nothing to do. “Wanna get a movie?” Sometimes they were your planned event. But the best was walking…
There is no alternative to building a rock garden but to do the hard work and gather rocks. It’s simply how it works: you go, you get rocks, and you build a garden. There is no way to hack it, hustle it, AI it or amplify it. You collect rocks, you tweak them over and over again, trying to find the perfect fit until you have something resembling a garden. If I’m building a log…
I’m still trying to figure out my mission. I have dabbled in many areas, all that I love, and I have yet to find the string that pulls them together. I know it’s there, hiding in the shadows, just waiting to be tugged at, where everything all falls into line like a perfectly tuned orchestra. But I’m not there yet (not sure if I will ever be). So every now and again, to see if…
Do I want to code via prompt? Not really. I don’t write by voice. I don’t text by voice. I prefer a keyboard, a soft-keyed keyboard at that. I like pressing F5 and seeing what happens. Am I better than Vibe Coding? Doubt it, probably not as efficient, and I might go slower, whereas it is significantly faster. It’s like telling a construction worker to throw their tools at the materials, go away for an…