# Recommended reading > Source: > Published: 2026-07-18 09:00:00+00:00 #### My writing elsewhere ▷ In the software-company circles I’m in, the talk is all about using AI to go faster. The presumption is that you can take that thing you estimated at a year and build it in a month. I say you’re solving the wrong problem. *Read* [You’re about to use AI to build the wrong thing faster](https://dev.jimgrey.net/2026/07/15/youre-about-to-use-ai-to-build-the-wrong-thing-faster/) #### Best of the blogs ▷ **David**‘s article about how rare it is for people to actually *try* to achieve things helped me feel better this week about my software consultancy hitting a bumpy period. I really am trying to learn business development. What I can’t control is the results. *Read* [Failing is Common, Trying is Rare](https://www.raptitude.com/2026/07/failing-is-common-trying-is-rare/) ▷ I’ve written a couple times this year about the importance of backing up your image files, both onto an external hard drive and into the cloud. **Khürt Williams** does that, and adds an extra security step. *Read* [The invisible flaw in my photo backup strategy](https://islandinthenet.com/photo-backup-strategy/) #### Cameras and photography ▷ Even though I publish confidently all the time about my photography and cameras, deep down sometimes I feel like a total dork out in the world photographing old buildings with something like my Kodak Monitor folding camera from the 40s. **Andy** wrote a nice encouraging piece this week that helped me. *Read* [Enjoy your hobby!](https://andysphotoblog.org/2026/07/15/enjoy-your-hobby/) ▷ When you live within driving distance of Chicago, a lot of photographic journeys begin at iconic Central Camera. **Dan Cuny** learned this not long ago, when a visit sent him on a journey to find a camera called Nomar. *Read* [Nomar camera](https://www.dancuny.com/camera-collecting-blog/2026/7/15/nomar-camera) My newsletter has the inside scoop on what I’m working on! [Subscribe here](https://jimgreybackroads.substack.com).