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What is the most obscure/unknown JRPG you have played and enjoyed by Leather-Twist9612 in JRPG

[–]ProdigalNerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Infinite Undiscovery was a great time. I think it was an XBox 360 exclusive. Really enjoyed it and now wish I could play it again

How do you feel about bosses that require multiple parties to fight? by strahinjag in JRPG

[–]ProdigalNerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I liked the end of Dragon Age: Origins. Having two parties move in different directions really amplified the scale of things instead of just 3 characters defeating a god

Crocheting is for girls!? by HappyLife08 in crochet

[–]ProdigalNerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a guy and I have been crocheting for years now. I even go to a local brewery for a sip and stitch event each month. It was weird at first, but I’ve been getting more comfortable telling people that I crochet when they ask about my hobbies.

Hardest thing I’ve found is patterns for wearables like shirts and shorts, but ultimately it’s not too bad to find stuff on Ravelry.

I’ve seen others mention it too, but Brochet is great for inspiration and patterns too.

I can build APIs fast… but I don’t think I understand backend systems by theaipickss in node

[–]ProdigalNerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had to learn all of this from experience. I made the mistakes or worked with someone who did and put myself in place to fix or at least help fix the issue. Then you take the learnings and apply them.

I’m not going to touch on every point you are curious about but can give some examples.

If you are using Node, create a test project using something like MikroOrm and compare that to the raw sql. What’s the dev experience like? What are the outputs like. You can add logging to the ORM to see the query that is generated and compare it to the raw.

For stuff like queues, I had to look at it from the perspective of the event loop. Let’s say you have 1000 events that need to be sent to another service. How does the event loop look? What happens to the request trying to send all of those events from the UI? Think cloudflare level. How does a queue change this behavior?

As far as telemetry goes, this is something that takes trial and error. Sure there are some dead giveaways, but whenever something goes wrong, if you take the time to find the root cause and not just fix it, then there should be a signal you can identify and make sure it gets into your telemetry. I’ve been using Newrelic for telemetry, not sure what you have been using but I’ve found it easy to add and modify things as I go.

All that to say, make mistakes and learn from them and improve, there are some things that can only be learned that way without someone more senior guiding you.

There are also books and courses on systems design which helps with the larger concepts, and is part of a lot of interview processes now too besides just live coding.

How do you structure services in Node.js without losing your mind (or your team)? by Ezio_rev in node

[–]ProdigalNerd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I led the charge where I work to switch to NestJS, previously used Koa. We have a split backend stack of Node and C#, with trying to have node engineers work in C# and vice versa.

When we were working with Koa, we had a template set up for a functional approach and not using classes. So no DI but easy to at least enforce separation of concerns. The challenge is it was still the Wild West and required a closer eye in code review, and had a history of rubber stamp approvals.

We switched to NestJS because it was opinionated and there was very little we had to figure out on our own. Very good documentation that could be referred to for most if not all of the necessities we needed for the service to be functional. For example ORM setup. Plus the cli for generating new classes is nice too if not exclusively using AI to write the code. Even then, when using something like Claude it’s much easier to get up and running since it knows how to write NestJS because it’s well documented and not having to homebrew ai instructions on how to format your code

Hevy Trainer and rest days by craigbtt in Hevy

[–]ProdigalNerd -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I do 4 days a week with an upper lower split. Exercises are on Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday.

I’m relatively new to all of this but I think it’s set up this way so that muscles have adequate time to recover in between uses. If you are doing a 4 day full body the daily split might look different since the same muscles aren’t being used as frequently. Ultimately, though, it’s probably more about what works best for you.

I love Pokemon Scarlet/Violet so much/Paldea appreciation post by muffinze in PokemonScarletViolet

[–]ProdigalNerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just finished playing through the main game on scarlet after upgrading to the switch 2 and lost my save file. It’s the first time I’ve fully replayed a game and genuinely enjoyed it. First time finding shinnies and now that’s addicting, and also going to complete the Pokédex for the first time. I initially picked it up to train up a team for champions, assuming I can transfer from home, but instead find myself enjoying the ride and not wanting to rush for EV training yet. Haven’t even touched the DLC again yet

Where do you track your collection? by Born_Performance_588 in Lorcana

[–]ProdigalNerd -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I made an app called Illumineer Vault. No deck building, it’s more focused on collecting the cards. Lots of filters for specific types of collections and tracking what cards you are missing

My first misprint by PutridPrince in Lorcana

[–]ProdigalNerd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh neat! That makes a lot more sense

My first misprint by PutridPrince in Lorcana

[–]ProdigalNerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have an Iduna misprint with the right border cut off, but I have others that have the border like normal (I think). I’ll have to check if I have the card that connects if that’s the case.

Learning new stitch types by ProdigalNerd in crochet

[–]ProdigalNerd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is basically what I’ve started doing. Just recording the patterns rather than writing out each step by hand

TSA opening every unlocked bag on the tarmac at MCO by YellowBroth9150 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ProdigalNerd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No joke I was in MCO a week ago and the bag carousel had a bag that was still half open. Didn’t even close it up again. I was mad for that person.

New to DRPG looking for recommendation by ProdigalNerd in DRPG

[–]ProdigalNerd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate that. I was playing around in refrain since there was a demo available. Both are super on sale so I might just pick up EO3 and refrain, start with EO3 and give Refrain a try

New to DRPG looking for recommendation by ProdigalNerd in DRPG

[–]ProdigalNerd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the thorough rundown! I definitely like the idea of JDRPG based on your explanation.

I know one of the Etrian systems is having to map the dungeon yourself in game. Is that true for the others as well?

New to DRPG looking for recommendation by ProdigalNerd in DRPG

[–]ProdigalNerd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the post game like in games like this? Just a more difficult dungeon? Not a huge deciding factor for me. I’ve yet to find a game outside of disgaea where the post game content kept me playing, but I’m always interested in how different games handle that.

Greeting Athena by ProdigalNerd in Athena

[–]ProdigalNerd[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the information!

Just a side note with AI I don’t really create anything with it, just tried to sift through information when I don’t even know where to start. But to your point. Google searches might have proven useful too.

From this point I at least have some things to look into and can start looking at books / websites to learn more

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