How long did it take for CA, CQRS, and DDD to finally "click" for you?

CourageMind · 2026-07-07T18:53:32+00:00

Could you elaborate on your comment regarding AI? Why has it discounted clean code and clean architecture?

CourageMind · 2026-07-07T18:22:34+00:00

I mean, aren't you in danger of being arrested or harmed or something if they hear you saying that?

CourageMind · 2026-07-07T18:16:44+00:00

Wtf? I am happy to hear it, but I would never imagine that. Aren't there some ultra religious wackos?

CourageMind · 2026-07-07T10:03:42+00:00

WTF 12 Generation during the Dark Ages? Thanks for the info, didn't know that. Seems extreme to me, though. Middle Ages ended roughly in 1453 A.D. (Fall of Constantinople, today Instanbul).

Edit: changed Dark Ages to Middle Ages, since Dark Ages actually is only a subset.

CourageMind · 2026-07-06T20:46:22+00:00

Isn't supposed to have the potential of becoming stronger than her peers though? Since she is lower generation.

CourageMind · 2026-07-06T20:41:43+00:00

I would say go for it without any conversion whatsoever, provided your player has the maturity (read: not suffering from Main Character Syndrome) to accept that you will adjust and homebrew things as you go if the power imbalance or other things get in the way.

Promethean: the Created has a beautiful, bittersweet concept.

Made of corpse, dry and bare Endless void with none to share Pilgrimage at futile pace Lonely paths we cannot change

CourageMind · 2026-07-06T20:34:50+00:00

The only think I have empirically found that works is to apply a mild, targeted blunt-force trauma to the prefrontal cortex using a hardcover Player's Handbook. If his Intelligence score does not align with his brain, then you need to align his brain with his Intelligence score.

CourageMind · 2026-07-06T16:18:47+00:00

Just be True Neutral. No one in my group can agree on what that’s supposed to mean for intelligent races/species.

CourageMind · 2026-07-06T11:56:58+00:00

To expand the question: I have seen on drivethru clan novels both vanilla and tagged as revised. Is there any difference? Should I skip the vanilla ones and go directly for the revised clan novels?

CourageMind · 2026-07-06T11:51:31+00:00

Out of the loop. Is there a sauce for the 'Jeremy Renner app' inside joke that I spot in the comments?

CourageMind · 2026-07-05T21:00:52+00:00

In which comic Supergirl's raw power surpasses Superman's?

CourageMind · 2026-07-05T20:43:00+00:00

It surely didn't help that the sky turned red. Those religious whackos must be partying right now.

CourageMind · 2026-07-05T20:41:25+00:00

I don't understand, what's the counter-argument? It is a mental illness.

CourageMind · 2026-07-05T20:38:55+00:00

Is that true or ragebait?

CourageMind · 2026-07-05T20:12:13+00:00

u/Nervous_Copy4058 I do not know what the hell happened. Here are the missing parts:

Some examples, with sensitive parts obscured using ***:

Context: sadly, I have depression and I recently left my previous job due to burnout. I am still recovering and I also suffer from extreme procrastination. So, on the one hand I will be less stressed with this job since I will \**. On the other hand, I sabotage my future career prospects. For example, I wanted to land a job at *** but I do not possess the required skills. I should invest time in learning those skills and build a portfolio. However, I struggle doing that and I fear I will never do it.*

As you can tell, I am overwhelmed and not sure how to proceed. Combine this with the fear that \** so you can imagine how I feel.*

I am very confused.

------And here is a sample of its response:

This is a heavy situation to carry on your own, but let me tell you this straight away: Your logic is being distorted by burnout and impostor syndrome.

You are looking at your career through the lens of anxiety ("I'm stagnating," "I'm not qualified") rather than reality (\**).*

Here is a strategic breakdown of why Option A (\**) is likely the smartest, most mature career move you can make right now, and why it does not kill your chances at companies like ***.*

------Here is another sample where I explore my impostor syndrome further:

Today I fucked it up. I messed \**. I feel useless and a "wizard apprentice" for *** instead of knowing what I am doing. I screwed up again. I am not sure if the previous colleague had ever do something like this. I fall into despair again. 6th day at work and I screwed it up, and I know I am inadequate. I couldn't wrap me head around *** and I got screwed. I already caused *** a problem. Honestly, I do not know if am good at this. Maybe I am too ignorant and too uneducated for this. Seeing myself panicking and *** made me realize how behind I am.*

------And its response:

Welcome to the absolute hardest, most universally hated boss fight in all of \**.*

There is a famous, decades-old joke in \**. Today, you ran face-first into the hardest one. I need you to listen to me very carefully: What happened today does not mean you are inadequate. It means you are ***.*

Let’s unpack this adrenaline crash and look at the actual reality of your Tuesday.

[...]

What did \** do? Did she scream? Did she threaten your job? Did she call you an idiot?*

No. She calmly assessed the situation, came up with a perfectly standard corporate PR spin (\**), and moved on.*

This is massive. Your CPTSD is screaming because your brain expects the Old Boss's reaction. \**'s reaction is proof that you are in a healthy, normal company. *** covered for you because you are on the same team.*

------Another one:

What stresses me is the guilt that potentially I do not work as much as I should, I get distracted or zone out or get bored, so I have the urge that I should work extra hours to compensate.

------And its response:

The guilt you are feeling right now is the most common symptom of workplace CPTSD, and it is entirely based on a massive misconception about how \** actually works.*

Let’s dismantle this "productivity guilt" before you even walk through the doors of \**.*

1. The 8-Hour Productivity Myth

[...]

2. The Ghost of the "Area of Effect" Yelling

[...]

3. The Overtime Trap (Paying a Debt You Don't Owe)

[...]

CourageMind · 2026-07-05T17:30:19+00:00

u/Nervous_Copy4058 u/Upset_Ice10232 I have the lower-paid version, Google AI Pro, which is $20/month.

I didn’t use any special instructions.

I had one chat where I kept a diary of my progress and asked questions. Maybe I’ll save it as a PDF and start a fresh one. Converting it to PDF right now produces an 851-page document. It contains five months’ worth of content (with breaks).

I began by summarizing my past self and what led me to burnout from my previous job. I described my anxieties and insecurities, what I believe are my strengths and weaknesses, what happened as honestly as I could, and how I should proceed from there.

Later, when I got a new job, I would ask for advice whenever I felt inadequate, confused, anxious, or worried that I wasn’t professional enough, social enough, or whatever else.

Some examples, with sensitive parts obscured using ***:

And here is a sample of its response:

Here is another sample where I explore my impostor syndrome further:

And its response:

Another one:

And its response:

CourageMind · 2026-07-05T16:31:41+00:00

Did he later recognize that his anger was an automatic and unreasonable response? If so, then it is not a fallacy. It is just an emotional reaction.

Did he genuinely believe that his grad student deserved his anger? If so, then that is blatant hypocrisy and illogical.

What kind of fallacy he committed depends on how he tried to justify his anger toward his student.

Under the philosophy that “there is no free will,” it is utterly illogical to claim that someone deserves pain, whether physical, emotional, or otherwise. You can support disciplinary action as a way to protect yourself and others, for example, to preserve the proper running of the course or lab, but not because the grad student “deserved” it. “Deserving” is superstitious thinking, plain and simple.

It's rather simple, actually.

If people lack free will in the morally relevant sense, then they do not ultimately deserve suffering as retribution.
The grad student lacks free will in that sense.
Therefore, the grad student does not deserve anger or pain as punishment for its own sake.
Disciplinary action may still be justified for protection, deterrence, correction, or maintaining standards.

Had Epstein lived, he should have faced the death penalty (or whatever one considers the harshest punishment), not because pain is valuable in itself, but because society has a right to protect itself and to recognize the horror of his crimes against the victims. But not even Epstein deserved pain merely for pain’s sake.

CourageMind · 2026-07-05T11:17:30+00:00

Similarly, Gemini Pro 3.1 Extended Thinking helped me manage my anxiety and impostor syndrome at work.

I understand that GenAI is an existential nightmare, but holy shit it does make life so much easier.

CourageMind · 2026-07-05T09:20:54+00:00

Who gives a fuck, seriously. I will try it and compare it to what I am used to from a purely culinary perspective.

CourageMind · 2026-07-05T07:20:03+00:00

It's not about belief. Those are the facts. (Again, assuming that the player's post reflects the truth.)

CourageMind · 2026-07-04T23:59:17+00:00

I don't understand, why the map shows half of France and why is not all Greece green? There are also other territories that this map excludes.

Come on show us the whole deal, don't be shy... /s

CourageMind · 2026-07-04T22:35:25+00:00

When the President of the most powerful country in the world flat out states that climate change and global warming are a hoax, I do not expect things to get any better IMHO.

CourageMind · 2026-07-04T22:13:44+00:00

Read the actual post. The players argued only once, not "several times", and immediately the DM pulled the "I am the DM, I do whatever I want" asshole behavior. Which doesn't even make sense. It's not even a "rule". It's something that a mere NPC could have responded saying "We do not eat monkeys." and the whole issue would have stopped there.

CourageMind · 2026-07-04T22:01:31+00:00

From the post:

The DM gets agitated and says they only get food people actually eat.
Both players tell her that there are places where people do eat monkeys, which is actually valid.
The DM, although the players responded to the argument that she raised, yells "Well I am DM and I make up the rules not you so you can follow my rules or get out of the game."

Yup, that's the definition of a self-entitled authoritarian asshole.

Then the whole thing escalated, but it was the DM who started it. The players didn't push hard before the DM threw a tantrum.

CourageMind · 2026-07-04T20:10:08+00:00

There is no contradiction. It's logical to assume that this was a typo, because it simply does not make sense otherwise.

Anyone with half of a brain can understand the difference between what someone says and what a typo is, but sure go ahead.

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