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One thing AI will never be able to do
1 day ago
How about Fixing Traffic?
2 days ago
I got Skillzzzz
3 days ago
Who Generated this Code?
4 days ago
What Meetings Do I need to be In?
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The Strategy Session
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Ecosystems Aren’t Built
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Now is the Time to Learn
1 week ago
Throwing Solutions at a Problem
1 week ago
AI Doesn’t Do Half the Job
6 hours ago
Spend 3 hours trying to force your way through a problem because you’re a developer and you think you can code anything. So you spend 3 hours going up against the wall, even using Claude to help you with what you are doing wrong. And then you finally read the KB article associated with the error and realize you just wasted 3 hours. But wow… what a day of trying to make the impossible work. 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 …
1 day ago
How about Fixing Traffic?
Greg Thomas
If there is a problem that everyone in the world has experienced at some point in their lives, it is traffic. Whether in a car or stuck behind someone on a sidewalk, traffic is where we can spend a long time thinking about life. Because what else are you going to do? There really isn’t much. And yet, we have done nothing to solve the traffic problem. And when I say solve, I don’t mean “alleviate”, “minimize”, or “reduce”, I mean solve the problem of traffic. Get me from Point A to Point B without any issues whatsoever, without an …
2 days ago
I got Skillzzzz
Greg Thomas
I’ve been playing around with Skills on Claude quite a bit lately – automating common tasks that I’d agonize over that cover all the bases and give me the output to move forward with. Like anything, I’ve discovered there is a whole “Skills” marketplace, which brought me back to last year when people were buying and selling prompts on prompt exchanges. I think skills are a great workflow tool. I like being able to tailor and focus them on the work that I do specifically – essentially becoming an extension of my work and less about the prompt I put …
1 week ago
AI Doesn’t Do Half the Job
AI does all the job. Does it do it the right way? Debatable. But they always go all in on a task, without fail, right or wrong. Sometimes you have to go all in. You can’t analyze and theorize forever; you can’t always stick your foot in the water. You have to do the whole job. 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.
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Research, Analysis and Dissemination
Want to look good at working on a problem? Research – Identify the issue, what are the different “things” that could be causing the problem, dig deep into what they are, don’t scratch the surface. Analysis – Look at your research, what applies, what doesn’t, what is feasible, what isn’t, what could work, and what can’t. Come up with a solution that fixes the problem and explains why. Desseminate – Complex solutions don’t always have simple answers. Being able to disseminate to an end user, another team member, or your manager is a skill beyond value when you can translate …
The Importance of Design
Design without code is not a great design; it’s airy, never been proven, just there, who knows what it could mean. Design is important, whether you do it with AI or on your own; there is value in that work, and it is largely unhidden. If it fails, everyone knows it was a bad design. If it works, no one ever mentions it again. Some of the best code I ever wrote was a simple design to send out invoices every day to customers to get our money. It ran for years without ever needing someone to coddle it or …