Coding will always be a creative endeavour to me – forever and ever. Use a different Framework. Try out a new SDK. Connect to a new API or MCP Integrate with another platform. Use Dependency Injection. Scope your Agent. Trigger from an Event. Any and all of these can be decided and created in a variety of different ways, and they can all be done creatively and with reckless abandon. Don’t code like a machine, code like an artist. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on Amazon (CAN and …

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2 days ago

What’s Your Reset Limit

Greg Thomas

Your limit will reset unless you want to pay more money for more tokens to do more work. Or your AI can take a break. Kind of like people on your team, you can push them for a solid 3 – 4 hours and give them a break or watch their output diminish as they become more tired. Now imagine how that feels to watch, giving your AI the break and not your team. Hint: You’re giving the wrong one the break. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or Paperback on …

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3 days ago

The Element of Fun

Greg Thomas

In anything you do, there should always be an element of fun to it. Otherwise, why do it? When it comes to writing code, I will forever love console apps, and even now, I use AI to help me make cool pictures and have fun with them. It’s probably an early program or back to the i386 days, but it’s fun to see a little ASCII dinosaur moving across the screen. The app works and does stuff too, but yeah, that’s the fun stuff. Want more? Check out my book Code Your Way Up – available as an eBook or …

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2 weeks ago

Focus on One Thing

Greg Thomas

Pick one thing, work on it. Then the next. Focus breeds success. Read one book. Draw one picture. Learn one riff. Release one app. Focus and then move onto next. 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 weeks ago

Everything Takes Effort

Greg Thomas

That’s it. Everything. Everything takes effort. Learning. Prompting. Drawing. Designing. Leading. Managing. Writing. Cleaning. Refactoring. Everything, everything takes some required level of effort to come together and be something of usefulness. There is no “unefforted” thing that we want that doesn’t contain some level of value. It all takes effort, so roll up your sleeves and dive in. 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 weeks ago

Default to Team Patterns

Greg Thomas

When you’re tired, we fall back on what we know best, what works, what is solid, what has never failed us. These are our patterns of delivery, the tried and true, the never fail. They are the work that we can do in our sleep, that we can close our eyes and let our hands move over the keyboard, succinctly with minimal effort. Patterns are what we invest our time and energy in creating, and what become the backbone of what we do. Team Patterns are much harder to create; they require knowing each other’s strengths and weaknesses, who to …

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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.