Procedure Manuals Are Novels
Survive the IT Industry
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Today's maxim, etched on your heart. 152 truths from the IT trenches, served one a day. Rate 1.0–10.0 and see the global ranking. 16 languages, offline.
"Procedure Manuals Are Novels" delivers one IT-industry maxim per day, dressed in the visual style of an ancient scroll: ink calligraphy, vermillion characters, gold-leaf accents.
Maxim No. 1: "Procedure manuals are works of fiction." It is followed by one hundred and fifty-one more — including "The courage to simply say 'I don't know,'" "Eighty percent of work is absurdity and routine," and "Estimates are fantasy; invoices are reality" — 152 truths drawn from the absurdity, humor, and stubborn wisdom of life on the IT frontline.
【Key Features】
- Today's Maxim: open the app to receive the day's single maxim, presented full-screen with elegant ink-and-gold animation
- Shuffled daily rotation: first launch shows Maxim 1; from then on, all 152 maxims appear in a non-repeating shuffle across a 152-day cycle
- History: browse every maxim shown on days you opened the app
- Favorites: tap the star to save the maxims that hit hardest
- Browse all 152: swipe left or right on the home screen to flip through every maxim at any time
- Rate on a 10-point scale: score each maxim from 1.0 to 10.0 in 0.5 steps. Votes are aggregated anonymously
- Popularity ranking: see all 152 maxims ranked by average score in real time
- Share: export the current maxim as a washi-style card image for messaging or social posts
- Daily reminder: schedule a notification at the time of your choice to receive today's maxim
- Sixteen languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese (BR), German, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Russian, Italian, Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese — auto-switching with the device locale
- Works offline: all 152 maxims bundled in the app
【Who It Is For】
- Software engineers, project managers, and salespeople in the IT industry
- Anyone surviving consulting work, contracting, in-house development, or freelancing
- Those who want a single sharp truth before opening their inbox each morning
- Readers who prefer the unfiltered wisdom of the trenches over polished corporate platitudes
【A Note on Content】
This app contains expressions passed down within the Japanese IT industry, including self-deprecating, sardonic, and at times mature humor. All references concern workplace culture.
[About Updates]
New maxims are added from time to time, and existing entries may also be reworded or revised.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app has not received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
Version 4.2.0. The maxim collection has been expanded to a full 152 entries, with maxims 147–152 newly added. Server-side Firestore rules have been updated to accept the new ID range.
Added a 10-point rating system (1.0–10.0 in 0.5 steps) for every maxim, plus a new "Popular" tab that ranks all 152 maxims by their global average score in real time. Voting uses Firebase anonymous authentication, so no personal information is required. Firebase Crashlytics and Analytics are now integrated for crash reporting and usage telemetry.
The developer, Fuji Bit Inc., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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- Identifiers
- Usage Data
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- Identifiers
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Information
- Size
- 43 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 15 more
- English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humour
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Contains
Advertising
- Provider
Fuji Bit Inc.
- Fuji Bit Inc. has not identified itself as a trader for this app. If you are a consumer in the European Economic Area, consumer rights do not apply to agreements between you and the provider.
- Copyright
- © 2026 Fuji Bit