Mastodawn

*sigh*
Once again stuck on a call with the same team which cannot keep to a schedule. 45 minutes into a 30-minute meeting.
This team ALREADY has more time on my calendar than every other project combined, and that's before the reality they they regularly run over by 100% or more.
This project is such a mess.

Hasufin 3d ago

Alas, I did not win the "Mystifying Oracle" board on auction. Such is life. And also death.

Hasufin 3d ago

As my spouse and I have other plans around the same time, and relatively few people I know will be going, I will not be going to HOPE this year. I do hope to have the opportunity in 2028, and look forward to hearing about the new venue.

Hasufin 5d ago

There is, I think, an inverse relationship between how many meetings you have for a project and how organized the project is. I have one ongoing project which meets once every few months. It's on track and great.
I have another one which misses deadlines regularly and frequently gets midway through a dev cycle to realize they need to change their entire approach. Six planned meetings this week, and usually has 2-4 more with short notice.

Hasufin 5d ago

Currently starting the second hour of a 30 minute meeting.

Honestly the thing I hate most about working with this dev team. They don't overrun by a few minutes, they overrun by half an hour or more.

And, vexingly, CANNOT answer questions, they'll just point me to these 50-90 minute recordings and say "Listen to the meeting, we discussed it." Yeah, I want to waste an hour listening to developers chatter when you could just say "We added one endpoint, it's ___."

Hasufin 5d ago

Huh. My github branch for these edits is pull #69. Nice.

Hasufin Mar 21

So... are there any new cars which can be disconnected entirely from the Internet?

(Spouse and I are looking at new vehicles, preferably EV. Spouse is Deeply Uncomfortable with how the cars we've looked at all have built-in GPS and remote access options so someone can disable the car remotely. It seems like a good feature for the owner, but a bad actor could also use it of course.)

Hasufin Mar 21

Was just at a public restroom which had a baby changing station. I misread the sign as "baby charging station". I gues the "C" in USB-C stands for "child".

Hasufin Mar 21

I can acquire a home freeze dryer for about $2000. This is like when I found out I could just BUY a nitrogen condenser, or a still.
These are powers I should not have. Fortunately I *currently* possess sufficient self-control.
(My self-control is currently upstairs sleeping, but they are nonetheless effective. "Why did you spend $4000 on lab equipment?" is not a question I want to be answering.)

Hasufin Mar 20

Mgmt: Have you documented this user story?
Me: Hm, they say it's done but don't actually say what they did. I'll ask Dev.
Me: Dev, can you tell me what you did to resolve $story?
Dev: I resolved it.
Me: By doing what?
Dev: ????
Me: Just tell me the API endpoint you added.
Dev: ????????? I don't understand.
Me: You said *in your notes* that you added an endpoint for this. What is the endpoint?
Dev: ????? I do not understand your question.

I cannot fix this. It's a damned brick wall.