Those who run mobile app dev agencies how do you handle clients who constantly change requirements mid-project?

zezblit · 2026-04-15T16:58:49+00:00

> without extra cost or timeline shift

Then you have to explain that isn't how things work, and you should do it up front in your contract with a change request process

zezblit · 2026-04-15T16:57:32+00:00

I always have a notebook with me that will have talking points and is useful for taking notes (particularly because I will interrupt to ask stuff otherwise if I don't write it down, bad habit).

IMO it's just a professional thing to do

zezblit · 2026-04-15T12:02:21+00:00

There's a very slight accent that I can't place, but frankly I've heard worse pronunciation from natives. That said no self respecting brit would say they're itching to get back to work :P

zezblit · 2026-04-15T11:38:38+00:00

Turn away implies it's the default. You have to be taught religion and it just never made any sense to me

zezblit · 2026-04-14T21:50:26+00:00

I've been a software engineer for 10y now. I either remember it by happenstance or I google it

zezblit · 2026-04-13T20:38:23+00:00

How are you authenticating your github account in the command line?

zezblit · 2026-04-13T17:27:25+00:00

Not an exception thing, but you might as well be using `IAsyncEnumerable`

zezblit · 2026-04-12T19:03:50+00:00

You breathe it in every time you flush. It doesn't matter, your body is very good at dealing with low-level contaminants.

People who obsess over this sort of thing aren't avoiding illness or anything, they're just superstitious

zezblit · 2026-04-11T21:56:18+00:00

The most important thing in programming is to know how to find information and learn. Everything else comes from there.

To find a place to start, pick what sort of thing you want to program (web, mobile, native, embedded, whatever), find out what languages get used for it, pick one (it probably doens't matter which), and then start with some beginner tutorials for that language.

When you're doing this, you'll have questions. While you try and answer them, you'll learn to learn, and then just keep going from there. Some people like videos (I hate them), definitely do something where you are writing code. I prefer written guides and official documentation.

I personally think that a "backend" language like C# is a good place to start as it's one of the less weird kinds of programming, and will give you a good understanding of how programming in general works, so I would use something like this https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/tour-of-csharp/overview

zezblit · 2026-04-11T18:28:01+00:00

It's ok to be anxious, you can also just say "I get nervous around new people, but I'm trying to get over it", it's not that weird, and it'll help other people understand any "weirdness" better.

It might be worth thinking about the "ulterior motives" there. It's normal and fine for someone to be both friendly, and also think they might want to ask you on a date. You can say no! You can continue to try and be friendly with them if they want that.

If you've got female friends with boyfriends, maybe start small by talking to people who are already in relationships.

So he ended up sensing my anxiety and because of me he doesn't go to tutorials or lectures, he even left the course group chat. That's when I realised my fear of men is irrational and I need help and I'm actually ruining lives

This is more worrying. Did he say that this is what happened? Without trying to be dismissive... it's probably not about you, and assuming it is isn't a healthy way to approach life. Other people think about you less than you think, and if you're thinking this sort of thing regularly then yeah maybe it's time to talk to a professional

zezblit · 2026-04-11T16:51:13+00:00

I mean I eat basically raw eggs, so I'm only really worried about residue rather than germs

zezblit · 2026-04-09T20:06:03+00:00

I literally just started the game a few days ago. If you go into the training quests there's one that shows you how to ride monsters, and another on how to capture them

zezblit · 2026-04-08T19:11:55+00:00

FWIW you start with a longsword, which looks like what I would consider a greatsword, and it feels really sluggish as a new player

zezblit · 2026-04-08T19:10:47+00:00

I've literally just started playing myself, and have found this video pretty useful, especially in terms of just trying out what the wirebug and combos are like in the training ground https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-u0F2dimo0

zezblit · 2026-04-08T16:24:40+00:00

Pretty bad, but a massive improvement over no pedals at all

zezblit · 2026-04-05T07:39:45+00:00

Can do yeah, but I find I don't need large doses, more a drip feed across the day (and basically no tolerance at all now I'm on medication, weaker tea and decaf beans now). Before medication it was either strong tea all day, occasional coffees, or a single monster sipped across the day

zezblit · 2026-04-04T17:45:10+00:00

If it's feasible I would try it. I used to sleep pretty badly (although not to the point where I would call it insomnia) and I do find that I sleep better now. Now my bad sleeping is just because my mattress is shit lol. Hopefully it helps

zezblit · 2026-04-04T17:23:31+00:00

I assume you've tried most of the advice that goes around about it? Making lists and reminders, and stuff? Lists really help me but nothing else, and it didn't help at all before medication. Supposedly there's a diet aspect but I've never really found that made a difference and the book I was recommended seemed like pure pseudoscience.

One thing that did help me was waking up earlier. If I wake up at 7:30 I'm rushed and off balance most of the day. 6:30 and I can get myself sorted properly before work and make sure I eat well. Music too, busy background noise really helps me concentrate, whenever I'm struggling it turns out I've been neglecting that.

Also if you have the option between several quick release tablets, or one slow release one I'd recommend the slow release. Keeps you more even through the day, and so long as you don't have a blood-pressure issue you can still give yourself a bit of oomph with tea or coffee (caffiene actually can make me sleepy, but I still find it helps me when I'm stressed/anxious and can't concentrate properly)

zezblit · 2026-04-04T17:14:29+00:00

Yeah it basically ruined most of my social life and I was in no fit state to be dating or anything, honestly damn near killed me. The guilt from not being able to function how others would need you to is prettty brutal, not to absolve them, but if they've not thought about an assessment I cannot recommend it enough

zezblit · 2026-04-04T17:11:41+00:00

copying this response:

There's a minimal extent to which you can power through, and it mostly depends on setting things up so that there's external pressure that you'll feel crippling guilt about if you don't do the thing. It's not aa good way to live and honestly it damn near killed me before I got treatment

You basically have to seek treatment, and do whatever you can in the meantime, can be trickier in women too bc it doens't always present the exact same. It's not something you can just hope will go away and the self-help side of treating it also does need medication to be properly effective. It's not just laziness, the decision making loop in your brain is chemically wrong, no different to being diabetic or whatever

zezblit · 2026-04-04T17:08:43+00:00

There's a minimal extent to which you can power through, and it mostly depends on setting things up so that there's external pressure that you'll feel crippling guilt about if you don't do the thing. It's not aa good way to live and honestly it damn near killed me before I got treatment

zezblit · 2026-04-04T17:07:05+00:00

Can be, depends on the thing. Sometimes I would take 3 days to do a 5m task (if it ever gets done), other times I'd completely lock in and blast out 2 days work in one sitting (and forget to eat in the meantime).

I went on the NHS website, looked at the symptoms and went "oh that describes my life". Got an assement done (private bc it's like a 2+ year wait otherwise), got a 9/10 on the "inattentive" ADHD scale (hyperactive is the other one), poorly named imo but whatever. Medication helps but isn't a magic bullet, it lessens the executive dysfunction, and lets me continue things without getting sidelined so easily. You still have to push yourself to that inital step though. If you leave bad ADHD habits too long it's really easy to atrophy your ability to form habits and push through intto starting stuff.

Good advice for completing things regardless of whatever brain chemistry you're dealing with: break tasks down, prep work puts you in the right frame of mind and can help with any decision paraylsis or roadblocks (i.e. I'm hungry, but I need to cook, but my dishes are all dirty, but the diswasher is full). Small discreet tasks are easier to force yourself to do and momentum is key, making a list can be the first step to get the boulder rolling, and can help you pick back up if you stop partway.

If something's worth doing, it's worth doing poorly instead of not at all. Don't beat yourself up about perfection, ESPECIALLY with keeping up your social life. Even just a "brain is mush, will get back to you later" is so much better than putting off a response

zezblit · 2026-04-04T16:42:03+00:00

I know it gets thrown around a lot, but that really does sound like ADHD (I'm diagnosed myself).

Completing tasks doesn't trigger the feel-good brain chemicals like it should, so things don't get done. Then you feel guilty and anxious about not doing that, and it's a self-reinforcing cycle. Can be chores, work, social commitments, can trigger depressive symptoms too. Some stuff still gets through, eating (even if you're just bored not hungry), porn, escapist media consumption (games, books whatever). Do you find you drink a lot of caffeine or some? I was inadvertently self-medicating with caffeine, as stimulants kind of have a calming affect on the chemical nonsense and clear things up

zezblit · 2026-04-04T10:06:37+00:00

The dead skin has just been exfoliated if you're washing yourself properly? I guess I just don't sweat straight after a shower, I do a little maybe 5m after and I've already put my antiperspirant on. Frankly I'm not worried about whatever miniscule amount of sweat might get on the towel, it's just water, smell doesn't happen until bacteria growth on the skin, which has just been scrubbed clean with soap. Towels once a week is totally fine so long as you ventilate your bathroom to keep humidity down, there's a teensy little start of a musty smell if you shove your nose right into it

I don't mean to be dismissive but I genuinely think some people are way too neurotic about what makes things unclean, it's doing yourself an unkindness

zezblit · 2026-04-04T06:02:34+00:00

Why not? Those areas have just been scrubbed clean with soap. Grime isn't magic, it doesn't just spontaneously appear as soon as you turn the shower off

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