When firefighters arrive at a blaze, they assess where to start and begin. Time is of the essence; lives are at stake. I’m sure they get it wrong – misjudge the wind, can’t see all the variables, don’t know about that indoor propane tank, etc, etc – but they have to start somewhere. If given the opportunity to stop time and spend hours and even days determining the proper approach, I’m sure they’d take it.…
I read two types of articles these days; We completed our work within 4 hours and have a new product. I was hired to come in and fix a company’s product and have spent the last 2 weeks making it scale. The answer is in the middle: find the right people who use the right tools, to deliver the right thing somewhere in the middle. The middle is where we all want to be, but…
There are many things you can argue with, but at the same time, many things you can never argue with. Someone’s effort and desire to solve a problem – let them loose. Someone’s commitment to an issue. Someone’s dedication. Someone’s consistency. Someone’s drive or initiative. These are things you can’t argue with; they might be going in the wrong direction or require guidance, but you can’t argue with them because with them, this person is…
There are ways to fix your problems. I can do it fast by getting vibe coding it- and it will look nice, but may not scale. I can do it with no code, but I might be limited by how far I can take it with the features made available to me; it probably won’t look as nice as if I’d Vibe Coded, as it will be following a structured template. I can code it…
We need steady listeners. We need slow to responds. We need methodical actions. We need pragmatic solutions. Loud voices only get you through the meeting, but they don’t figure out the problem, they don’t create the solution, they don’t test its viability. Choose who you want to be.