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-title: Process
+title: Checklist god or why you need a process
 date: 2024-06-15T21:32:00.000+08:00
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 AIM: Make the hobby programmer reader realize that they need a process.
 
-As I started working in my new job, I, with the help of my team, realized that I lacked a process. 
+I've been developing applications for around 3 years now. Mostly just for fun, and for my personal use. But now, with a new job, I have to work with a team.
 
-I've been developing applications for a couple of years now. But in this new job I felt that the code I'm producing is not up to the standards of my co-workers. 
-It's shameful. 
-They're all professional.
+In this job, I noticed myself making a lot of small mistakes repeatedly: Forgetting to push commits before asking for code review, forgetting to set a variable to False before pushing, or outright forgetting to test before pushing.
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+A kind coworker, understandably, probably got tired of me making these small mistakes and offered help. We did a one-on-one chat, and he asked some questions. Basically felt like being debugged.
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+![stick figure man standing beside human lying in the bed with a 'bug' coming out.](/img/uploads/human-debugging-human.jpg "Human debugging human")
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+The most important part of our conversation was when he asked me to outline what I do when I work, from start to finish. So I thought it through, outlined my rough steps when working, and came up with the steps on the fly by thinking of what I always do.
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+I'm telling this because he asked me if I just came up with it on the fly. And that's when the realization hit. I already have the ideal workflow, and I haven't written it down.
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+So we wrote it down, and turned the steps into checklist items. Saved this file as 'workflow.md'. This file contains a simple checklist of the ideal process:
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+```
+- [ ] When starting a task, create a Trello card.
+- [ ] After creation of a card, create a Slack thread.
+```
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+When I start a new task, I open this file and go through it one by one. By following a document, and not relying on memory or instinct, mistakes are lessened.
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+But the best part is that this can be enhanced. Whenever we make a mistake, we ask ourselves, is this a mistake that could have been prevented by a better process? If yes, we revise the workflow file.
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+For example, a task I worked on required a near 
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+I had a realization. I've never actually been as serious and disciplined as the people I now work with. 
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+As I started working in my new job, I realized that I have the tendency to be careless and forgetful. This made me feel lacking. A coworkers offered me a solution, which I also find brilliant - a checklist.
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+From the questions, he understood that 
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+I felt like a toddler in a room of smart people. Granted, I'm the youngest one in the team.
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+When something unmanageable comes in, you'll rely on process.
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+This dude just went ahead and programmed a coworker.
 
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 What to consider in the process
 
-* What are your flaws? (e.g. being careless), then add to your process a coping mechanism (e.g. do a triple check)
+* What are your flaws? (e.g. being careless), then fadd to your process a coping mechanism (e.g. do a triple check)