Procedure Manuals Are Novels

Survive the IT Industry

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Today's maxim, etched on your heart. 163 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-two 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" — 163 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 163 maxims appear in a non-repeating shuffle across a 163-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 163: 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 163 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 163 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.

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Version 5.0.1. New Maxim No. 163: Only once you have subordinates do you realize, "I was so cocky back then". The collection now holds 163 maxims. Bug fixes: - The default 8:30 AM daily reminder is now applied correctly even if the app was closed during the first-launch ad consent or tracking prompts - Ratings now update more reliably when swiping between maxims - Fixed the position of the share sheet on iPad - The detail and category screens now follow language changes immediately - Personalized ads are now shown only when you allow them both in the app and in the tracking permission

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Seller
Fuji Bit Inc.
Size
44.8 MB
Category
Lifestyle
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
  • iPod touch
    Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
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 Humor
    Mature or Suggestive Themes

    Contains
    Advertising
Copyright
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