#+SETUPFILE: ../../../template/level-2.org
#+TITLE: The Org Ambassador
#+DATE: <2020-05-31 Sun 10:49>
#+AUTHOR: vaeringjar
#+EMAIL: vaeringjar@land
#+DESCRIPTION: A satire about working in IT written as The Sagas.
#+KEYWORDS: 

* About

This contains war stories from my journals that I have rewritten as
satire in the style of The Icelandic Sagas (Íslendingasögur). I have
changed the names and related terms.

* TODO Rules checklist

/Work in progress./ The stories as well as strictly following these
rules remain a WIP.

- No real names :: For obvious reasons.
- No technical terms :: Match the period.
- No contemporary dates :: All this happens in-universe around a
     millennium ago.
- Locale :: Using anglified terms.

/See also my [[file:~/workspace/workspaces-v/projects/vaeringjar/static-site-generator/content/site/archive/language/index.org][personal rules]]./

** Potential rules

- Dual in addition to singular and plural.
- Find an in-universe way to describe the passage of time without
  using hours or minutes. Tag with TIME_RULE for now.

* Jargon

I will explain some of the terms.

- construction :: see farming
- drawing a weapon :: usually refers to someone cussing
- drought :: budget problems
- farming :: hardware or software development
- gold :: official praise from superiors
- hay and food :: see sapphires
- iron :: analogue technology
- killing :: firing someone
- quality :: usually refers to QA
- sapphires :: actual money
- silver :: fame, certifications, or academic milestones
- threats of violence :: usually related to losing one's job
- tools :: refers to any kind of tech tool from computers to text
           editors
- weapons :: see tools

* List of original problems

All of these "controversial" problems contributed to the conflict
inspiration for these stories.

- Whether to mount a desktop PCs vertically or horizontally.
- Whether to rebase, cherry-pick, or merge when using git.
- Actually using software to automate a task, eg cron.
- Writing software using language/framework FooScript is a bad idea,
  stop suggesting it.
- Not writing software using the very same language/framework
  FooScript is a bad idea, start using it now.
- Declining a meeting scheduled on a holiday or known vacation day.
- The meaning of the word "beta" whether it means non-post-delivery
  maintenance or not.
- Naming conventions in git repos need standardization, so name them
  after the hash they branched from.

* Prologue

There came a messenger named Izaz ibn Fadlan who traveled from
Baghdad. Izaz belonged to a small family. They had all studied
history, farming, and engineering and learned how to learn and how to
teach.

* Chapters

- [[file:the-lay-of-swinger.org][The Lay of Swinger]]
- [[file:the-lay-of-cob.org][The Lay of Cob]]
