This summer has been… fun. Between applying for jobs, appointments, working on two projects, F1, gaming, and following up on Oklahoma State sports, hanging out with kids, etc…. fun.
The backend is live but I’ve come up with a snag and I think I have to rewrite the entire thing (by that I mean I’ll have to come up with the design idea while Opi/GPT does most of the heavy lifting). What I had originally designed was that a spreadsheet would carry the information by model and trim, then scored according to verified sources like motortrend, car & driver, etc. However, going back through and editing everything was time consuming and I wonder how fruitful it would be. Considering this, I thought that if I were to program the logic to include a trim bonus, then it would update the score automatically and then tabulate how close to a vehicle a person is (the goal is to match the right vehicle to someone’s specific needs). I still run into the problem of having to key everything in but in my head at least, it seems to make the most sense and is the easiest way to work with GPT’s abilities.
modifiers = TRIM_MODS[make][model].get(trim, {})
for metric, mod in modifiers.items():
score[metric] += mod
I hope this works out better.
In the meantime, I’ve been indulging myself in some writing. Nothing of real interest or substance but its fascinating how my brain is refusing to take on another point of view or character because (myself talking) there is so much more story to write about this one person. I’ve been challenging myself to (writing a female protagonist) that I don’t follow stereotypes of people and just focus on what my mind would see (I have aphantasia, so I don’t see anything). Thankfully, I have memories of places and things I’ve done that will help guide the story along.
Then I think of how many times authors write and rewrite only to write again and again… only to rewrite it all over again. That drives me crazy actually – This was beat into my head a long time ago as a manager – do it right the first time and then you wont have to worry about it. So, in my writing, I want to get it right the first time. In fact, I hate rereading it because then I want to rewrite it, becoming upset in the first place that I wrote so poorly, ultimately defeating myself.
I need to show some grace to myself. I think we all could benefit from that.