For quite some time now I’ve helped build platforms and the focus has always been to deliver value to the end user first and foremost. What capabilities would we enable and how great the future would be amiright?
Early in this learning process was the role that dependencies played. The more you layered dependencies on top of one another - the greater the mountain of said dependencies grew from something maintainable to an overgrown monstrosity that threatened to break at any run of CI you introduced.
This is part one of multiple blogs posts about my standing desk and treadmill combo that I have planned for the forseeable future. Reason being the impact on my physical and mental wellbeing since i’ve began incorporating it into my daily working life.
In order to describe where I am at - I need to tell you about where I’ve been. Bear with me for the start of this article as it gets more interesting. If you want the TLDR - scroll to the results/conclusion below.
Open Source software is a space I feel strongly about as a core fundamental requirement to the advancement of technological capabilities that make the lives of others better. I’ve never written code for the sake of proving to anyone why I am better - rather the sole focus has always been:
Identify the problem
Iterate to solve the problem
Get feedback
Repeat
I (and many others) refer to this as the “Mission”. The North Start guiding the why behind what we build - and sharing it openly in order to collaborate with those on similar missions.
I’m far from an expert on LLMs and GenAI but - if there is one thing that makes my discovery phase for investing my time into new technology - it’s getting my hands dirty.
I could pay for Copilot and there would be some significant advantages - but I wouldn’t be learning about common constraints to the operations of such capabilities in ways that translate to future product.
That and when it comes to subscriptions - I am very stingy to spend money and after seeing what FauxPilot lays on the table, I’m starting to see how getting closer to the hype cycle of new technologies is beneficial to every day productivity.
The more you learn about me - the more you will see the experimentation is how I approach all facets of my life. From day to day learning and work, to my mental and physical wellbeing, the journey towards my daily %1 better never stops.
You’ll notice the Experiment tag across different series or blog post categories - This tag illustrates the many facets of life where I put experimentation into place.
