45 minutes ago
The More You Know
1 day ago
The Direction of AI
2 days ago
Generating Meeting Value
4 days ago
You can build it in 2 Minutes
5 days ago
Take that Thinking Time
6 days ago
The Learning Rhythm
7 days ago
The Backup Drive Habit
1 week ago
Two Approaches to Blisters
1 week ago
The Fear of Growth
1 week ago
Footwork and Repetition
45 minutes ago
NBC used to have these great slogans at the end of shows in the 80s/90s – “The More You Know”. They would generally be about drugs or drinking. But now, more than ever, the More You Know, the better you are positioned for what comes next. The More You Know was the driver to keep learning and get better at what you are doing because when you know more, you can solve more. 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 …
1 day ago
The Direction of AI
Greg Thomas
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 …
2 days 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.
Footwork and Repetition
If you want to be good at soccer in the long run, you need strong footwork. Over time, we all get slower; we can try to slow it down or improve our stamina, but we all get slower. It’s just life. But footwork, footwork isn’t built on speed, it’s built on control, repetition, and most importantly, being able to handle the ball without looking at it. Repetition and being able to handle the ball without looking at it – seems like an important skill for a job when speed fails. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up …
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 …