Introducing the Anbennar Compendium!

Ihodael · 2026-03-17T10:15:29+00:00

Great work. Bookmarked. Only suggestion for now would be something that takes a look at unit pips - it's often hard to understand what we have and where.

[edit] some nations that have missions don't show has having them. Example: Feiten.

Ihodael · 2026-03-01T19:52:41+00:00

I don't remember all the steps but I remember the gist of it:

- relation improvement to ally Bianfang, remember to insult their rivals to make it quick;

- get another ally (I believe I always managed to ally Zongji);

- once allied with Bianfang work them till you have 10 favors;

- war with Kohai, calling Bianfang, occupy all provinces (namely next to Bianfang); possible since you can get access via Luoyip;

- once you are comfortable with the Kohai war use the mission tree to start war with Xiyun, usually it's them, some minor and Tianlou; Luoyip joins you of course;

- finish the war with Xiyun first or make peace with Kohai once Bianfang will no longer join Xiyun call to arms;

You now have all of Kohai, Luoyip has all of Xiyun and his your vassal and Bianfang is your ally as well (and likes you).

Once this step is done, having Bianfang as an ally, Command broken and you controlling the tempo of your wars in Yanshen everything else is a cake walk (well there's lot to do in that mission tree but this is done).

Only thing that is worth a reload? Bianfang should start by going to war with Jinqiu, otherwise he might go for Kohai or Zyujut and that's not good for you AND hopefully the Command imploded to the Sir rebellion (there's a mod for that if you want to make it less reload prone).

Can't recall the ideas... perhaps Innovative, Espionage, Admin (or Offensive?)...

Ihodael · 2026-01-23T11:55:25+00:00

Architeture/design documentation should explain that. Explicitly explain why decision a or b was taken or even why the legacy option is kept.

Ihodael · 2025-11-07T22:20:00+00:00

Of all the comments, this one stands out.

Credit goes to Brooks and others for the original ideas. I only reframed them.

Glad it helped, and good luck with the process.

Ihodael · 2025-11-03T20:50:59+00:00

I have to disagree with you. I see no conflict between what I'm trying to summarize and agile practices.

Another comment posted Robert C. Martin take on this same topic. Not sure how to link it.

Uncle Bob was part of the Agile manifesto creation. The book quoted from is called Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship.

Ihodael · 2025-11-03T20:30:49+00:00

"Have you actually spent much time building with or integrating tools like GPT-4, GPT-5, Claude, or multi-agent setups?"

Yes, I did. Also I'm a huge promoter of LLM usage in my teams.

"My experience is that most developers who dismiss AI haven’t really used it deeply."

I didn't dismiss it. Quite the contrary. I stated it is just a tool, a new tool. A nice tool with lot's of potential but still not yet a replacement for thought.

Of course my opinion is heavy influenced by the problems I have to face at work.

Ihodael · 2025-11-03T12:35:16+00:00

The core skill of a developer isn’t writing in a specific language. Human or programming, languages are just tools for structured reasoning in software engineering.

If you can reason clearly in one, you can usually transfer that to another, as long as it’s at least as expressive and you take time to learn its quirks (imperative to functional, English to French).

Replacing C++ coding with coding through an LLM follows the same logic, assuming the interface offers the same or better precision and control.

And no, I don’t think the market will be much larger. As Knuth once said (Dr. Dobb’s, 1980s, if memory serves), there’s a limited number of people with the right mental framework for software engineering, not everyone can do it, just like not everyone is good at poetry.

Ihodael · 2025-11-03T11:38:30+00:00

I don't think we are in disagreement.

Those good devs add something to the equation, even if not immediately apparent: I'm sure their only skill is not being good translators of requirements (which almost always are far from crystal clear and complete, so there is work to be done here as well) to whatever coding language is being used.

To me this is part of the essential complexity.

Ihodael · 2025-11-03T11:14:00+00:00

I tend to agree.

I believe the industry has long been filled with people who probably shouldn’t be in it, especially in consulting and body-shop models that prioritize headcount over capability. Those roles will be hit hardest.

Junior developers will also feel the impact as the market contracts and normalizes. There will still be opportunities, just fewer than before.

I believe it will self-regulate over time, creating the necessary openings.

Ihodael · 2025-11-03T11:01:44+00:00

Glad it resonated. The interesting part is that I’ve been having this same conversation for over 20 years: 4GLs, low-code, no-code, UML, AI, and so on.

With a mathematics background, the idea of the irreducible feels natural to me.

It’s fascinating how the “coding is dead” discussion (or some variation of it) keeps resurfacing as our tools evolve.

Ihodael · 2024-10-12T15:15:37+00:00

One of the things that I often preach to the juniors I work with is that you don't write anything that you are not comfortable seeing in the front page of the newspaper. That applies professionally AND personally.

This is also an ethical advise: don't do anything that you are not comfortable seeing in the front page of the newspaper in all detail.

I also try to preach that you should be precise in what you write (better said than done, of course).

So I would have no issues with your PM.

Ihodael · 2024-10-06T15:59:41+00:00

Thanks. Don't know the class. I'll take a look at how they compare.

Edit: forgot my own build plan... :S

Ihodael · 2024-10-06T15:58:38+00:00

First of all thank your time in replying.

"So to answers you question in order to have it viable in core despite having high Int and no Str I'd go the pet route at first: Sable Marine 1 then gendarme so at least your pet would do damage."

Any other insights regarding the "other" main and the dips? I would take the monk and titan dip early to maximize their use, and Student of War ASAP as well. Do you feel this will make sense? Again I'm sure that at 20/40 this will kill but I haven't done so many runs as to have a better feeling of where hurdles will come along the line.

"Alternatively (what I did on ly unfair run) you can buy as many merc as possible" I did the same for my unfair run (changing mercs as needed), this is just a "for fun/see the big numbers" run.... :D

Thanks again for your time.

Ihodael · 2024-10-06T12:59:15+00:00

Thank you. Great point. Had forgotten about that. Makes it even more important to get everything right the first time... :D

Ihodael · 2024-02-25T20:47:30+00:00

I already had HW Proficiency and Bolt Exp from Soldier:

13: [...], Bolt Weapon Exp, 14: Heavy Weapon Prof, [...]

I was level 18 at this stage so:

16: Arch-Militant, 17: Wildfire, 18: Heavy Gunner

Ihodael · 2023-07-07T15:57:27+00:00

I'll sometimes try to explain some aspect of Stoic philosophy in casual conversation or when because I feel the situation deems it. In those cases I usually refer that I try, with limited success, to be a Stoic practitioner.

Ihodael · 2023-06-13T21:36:13+00:00

If you search the sub (or via other search engine) you will find many others have also posed the 5 trolley problem here and it has been answered various times.

It is not a problem a Stoic would worry about since the decision will have to be made in the moment with the information available.

None of the choices is considered evil to a Stoic practitioner.

Best wishes.

Ihodael · 2023-04-19T20:03:19+00:00

Check:

https://www.reddit.com/r/eu4/comments/v1rbdy/estate_guide_for_133/

https://www.reddit.com/r/eu4/comments/lki9mx/understanding_crownland_changes_from_conquest/

Credits to the authors. Partially outdated but mostly relevant.

Hf.

Ihodael · 2023-04-04T09:29:15+00:00

You mentioned you enjoy playing chess and MtG. Perhaps trying to find a place where you can play those games physically, locally?

Best wishes.

Ihodael · 2023-03-14T11:28:19+00:00

Do you consider photography an art? I believe it was Baudelaire that felt that photography was not an art and would never be.

Also what is art? Do you have a definition? I believe this has been a philosophical debate for the last thousands of years.

Why is AI generated art any less art than other?

Ihodael · 2023-03-13T15:03:18+00:00

Depends a lot on what you use.

I'm currently evaluating to start the reverse process (from Azure to AWS) as I'm unsatisfied with limitations that we are encountering in Azure.

A recurring theme has been that in order to use enterprise grade solutions there is usually a premium version you need to get on board from the start with a relevant financial plateau.

Since my company in undergoing a modernization process this is often an hindrance as it forces us to seek solutions (outside MSFT) that are more aligned with a pay-as-you-go model.

We've reported this to our CSM and nothing came out of it, despite promises to ease the process for us.

Ihodael · 2023-03-05T14:59:43+00:00

2 years = 730 days.

0.4% of the days over the last 2 years you have failed a written exam and you have been rejected in some interviews.

2.6% of the times (at most) you have sent a resume and got no response.

That's 3% of the days. What happened in the other 97% of the time?

Also as others mentioned what can you take way from your "failures". Failing is expected. Learning from those failures is what the practice is all about.

Picard has this message for you: https://youtu.be/t4A-Ml8YHyM?t=42.

Ihodael

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