Weeknotes for 2026, week 11: https://denisdefreyne.com/weeknotes/2026-w11/
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Weeknotes for 2026, week 11: https://denisdefreyne.com/weeknotes/2026-w11/
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Weeknotes for 2026, week 11: https://denisdefreyne.com/weeknotes/2026-w11/
@denis The problem with putting the ZIP code first is that there are 58 countries and states with the same five number format, Germany obviously being one of those. So putting in five numbers does not tell you where the customer is (you could use a combination with IP, but especially in the EU for example you will often have customers order from a store in another country, or use a credit card that's registered somewhere else, e.g. Croatia, Finland, France, Italy, also use five numbers).
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@denis The problem with putting the ZIP code first is that there are 58 countries and states with the same five number format, Germany obviously being one of those. So putting in five numbers does not tell you where the customer is (you could use a combination with IP, but especially in the EU for example you will often have customers order from a store in another country, or use a credit card that's registered somewhere else, e.g. Croatia, Finland, France, Italy, also use five numbers).
@tnjh I think country first, then zip/post code would work well in most cases!
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@tnjh I think country first, then zip/post code would work well in most cases!
@denis As a user, that is my preferred way. Plus it really doesn't take that much work to click a dropdown and type e.g. "D" to get to the right country. (I do like dropdowns that put the most obvious country at the top though, so if you're a German shop, by all means put Deutschland first, because the odds are that's correct for the majority of people.)
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Weeknotes for 2026, week 11: https://denisdefreyne.com/weeknotes/2026-w11/
is there a way in which I can use this incremental approach with fiction writing?
I'm not a long-form writer. I thought this is how it usually done? At least from the little I saw from authors talking about their processes it seems they have some sort of idea they want to express and it can be relatively short, like a paragraph to a page. Then they create some sort of supporting document for the structure of the story: an outline, story grid, or whatnot. The main idea usually gets supported by themes that in turn can be the base for subplots. Then plot points get expanded to chapters in the first draft. Then editing removed continuity issues and hones the prose.
In my mind it maps almost 1:1 on software development.
The main idea is like the pitch for the project. E.g. nanoc is a static side generator. The outline is the first prototype. First draft is like the 0.1 release. Then editing is like debugging and optimisations. And your final manuscript is 1.0.
The main difference is that in software we have no chill to stop at 1.0.
But as I said, I’m not a writer so what can I know.
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