2026/05/22

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2026-05-22 05:04:58 +0000 <sm> mindset
2026-05-22 05:04:57 +0000 <Inst> that is what i worry about minimal scope, if you do minimal scope, you're not future proofing, and you're giving yourself a harder problem of retrofitting features in
2026-05-22 05:04:53 +0000 <sm> that's a good mindsent
2026-05-22 05:04:24 +0000 <Inst> I refactored my core authn authz 3 times ;_;
2026-05-22 05:04:15 +0000 <Inst> and I tested it
2026-05-22 05:04:12 +0000 <Inst> the problem is, I have a mindset of prototype then iterate
2026-05-22 05:04:04 +0000 <Inst> hmmmm
2026-05-22 05:03:30 +0000 <sm> I used to work with the founder of Heroku, a very good programmer, and he was a master at dynamically downsizing his goal in real time until it became easy
2026-05-22 05:02:37 +0000 <Inst> as placeholders
2026-05-22 05:02:36 +0000 <sm> you can always reduce scope
2026-05-22 05:02:24 +0000 <Inst> I've already decided to plug in off the shelf software for this
2026-05-22 05:02:24 +0000 <sm> you're not
2026-05-22 05:02:17 +0000 <Inst> I mean I'm already working at the minimum scope
2026-05-22 05:01:12 +0000 <sm> what if you reduce scope, estimate and work on smaller chunks
2026-05-22 05:00:50 +0000 <Inst> I have Parkinson's Law for estimates, if I don't make them aggressive, I waste time, but if I do make them aggressive, I miss targets.
2026-05-22 05:00:18 +0000res0nat0r0844909(~Fletch@falcon.whatbox.ca)
2026-05-22 05:00:14 +0000michalz(~michalz@185.246.207.221)
2026-05-22 05:00:14 +0000 <Inst> second derivative skills are what's repeatable
2026-05-22 05:00:02 +0000 <Inst> i honestly have no interest in writing servant servers 49382 times to get good at it, the point i'm interested in right now is rapid library pickup
2026-05-22 04:59:57 +0000 <sm> I imagine estimating is still going to be hard and usually longer than you think, it always is
2026-05-22 04:59:43 +0000 <Inst> ya
2026-05-22 04:59:27 +0000 <sm> maybe you need to refine your techniques a little more ? read how successful folks are managing it ?
2026-05-22 04:58:37 +0000 <Inst> AI project management is giving me ridiculous timetables, albeit I end up estimating completion within 48 hours that usually turns into 168
2026-05-22 04:57:54 +0000 <sm> I don't want to advocate AI use, but that's exactly where people are having success with it
2026-05-22 04:57:51 +0000 <Inst> 3 weeks for the Authn / Authz
2026-05-22 04:57:41 +0000 <Inst> took me a week to get the OIDC spoofer up
2026-05-22 04:57:36 +0000 <Inst> it's just terrible for me because I think up features way faster than I can implement
2026-05-22 04:57:15 +0000 <sm> especially in the new AIge... timetables are crazy now
2026-05-22 04:57:11 +0000 <Inst> you know what you're doing, I'm hiring people who are probably hiding the fact that this is their first Haskell project
2026-05-22 04:56:51 +0000 <Inst> wish i had a budget for you, SM
2026-05-22 04:56:39 +0000 <sm> we sure don't know :)
2026-05-22 04:56:32 +0000 <sm> then it takes as long as it takes, right ? try and you'll find out
2026-05-22 04:56:27 +0000 <Inst> as a customer acquisition front for a start-up
2026-05-22 04:56:22 +0000 <Inst> i'm building a guild website and a gaming guild
2026-05-22 04:56:15 +0000 <Inst> hobbyist
2026-05-22 04:56:09 +0000 <sm> Inst what's your situation ? Are you doing this as employee, business owner, hobbyist ?
2026-05-22 04:56:01 +0000 <Inst> I don't know frontend, and I have someone hired to help me with the frontend
2026-05-22 04:55:51 +0000 <Inst> I need centralized libs, simplified route.ts files, etc
2026-05-22 04:55:37 +0000 <Inst> In actuality, I'm discovering I need to hand refactor the AI codebase anyways
2026-05-22 04:55:19 +0000merijn(~merijn@77.242.116.146) (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)
2026-05-22 04:54:38 +0000 <Inline> lol
2026-05-22 04:54:29 +0000 <Inline> 6*AI^2
2026-05-22 04:53:30 +0000fgarcia(~lei@user/fgarcia) (Ping timeout: 245 seconds)
2026-05-22 04:52:15 +0000sprout(~sprout@84-80-106-227.fixed.kpn.net) sprout
2026-05-22 04:48:51 +0000merijn(~merijn@77.242.116.146) merijn
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2026-05-22 04:39:46 +0000 <Inst> What kind of time budget can I expect for this?
2026-05-22 04:39:27 +0000 <Inst> as well as a scheduling and coordination system that can track user activity, allows invites, and event generation
2026-05-22 04:39:08 +0000euphores(~SASL_euph@user/euphores) euphores
2026-05-22 04:39:00 +0000 <Inst> I need a custom dossier system that's suitable for HR and human development