IRC log of #jetrowebdev for Wednesday, 2026-01-07

jelknerHello thomasboimah, dcammue, jkollie and svaye 11:51
svayeGood morning jelkner 11:51
GabrielGreetings jelkner, happy New year 11:51
jelknerI was deeply saddened by the news of Freena's father11:52
jelkneri had the pleasure of meeting him when i was there 4 years ago11:52
jelknerhe struck me as a wonderful man11:52
jelknerplease do all you can to support Freena in this difficult time11:53
jkollieIs sad that he's now late11:53
svayeWe plan to pay her a visit today after the meeting11:53
jelknerglad to hear that, svaye 11:53
thomasboimahHello jelkner 11:55
thomasboimahWe are at the office now jelkner 11:55
thomasboimahEveryone11:55
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thomasboimahOn Wednesday, I synced the Business Tracker code from the NWD Linode server to my local environment with its live data, confirmed that everything was working properly, and pushed the changes to the branch. I held a meeting with Mulbah and Gabriel to understand their blockers, and they explained their reasons. I will leave it to Svaye and Dcammue to provide a better update on how the meeting went and the possible solutions to bring them on board.12:00
thomasboimahToday, I will be going with the team to Freena’s house to sympathize with her. When I return, I will clone the project on the MayFirst server to complete the migration. No blockers.12:00
dcammueYesterday, i attended my UL classes, and today,  svaye and dcammue have a meeting to discuss how they can start working for SECOSOL, NOVAWEB, AND SJC as a bookkeepers with a salary value of $400 each per month. 12:00
svaye_We had a very productive meeting this morning, gabriel and mulbah express that they were inactive due to limited funds, but  with the availability of the office space they have agreed to be active with the team from now on. Jetroweb also agreed to compensate gabriel and mulbah to get them on board. No blockers12:00
dcammueACTION done12:00
thomasboimahACTION done12:00
svaye_ACTION done12:00
jkollie_yesterday I check in NOVASEN and the server error has been fixed, I now have admin access in NOVASEN so I went through the Decidim awesome(live chat) kei was telling me about that the last time,  I also saw jelkner mail inviting me to the sjc board. Today I'll work on how the Decidim  awesome allow us to use telegram for live chat. No blocker12:00
jelknerYesterday i worked on preparation for the SJC board meeting, SE Business Club meeting, and Decidim - Digital Commons Planning Call. The last two meetings are today (at the same time :-(  I also met with Mr. Zawolo and had class with Kara and Josh. Today i'll work with Sahnun to figure out how we can cover two meetings at the same time.12:00
jelknerACTION done12:00
dcammuejelkner:  you are the last today, you were eating cole rice?12:01
dcammue:-)12:01
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jelknerlol12:01
GabrielLol 12:01
jelknerno, but i'm trying to do 3 things at once12:01
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jelknerok, i only have a few minutes12:01
jelknerand i need answers to several questions12:01
jelkner1st, you said you are in the office now, yes?12:02
Gabriel+112:02
thomasboimah+112:02
svaye_Yes\12:02
jelknerwhat happened at your meeting yesterday?12:02
jkollie_+112:02
thomasboimahWe have the meeting12:02
dcammue+112:02
svaye_We had the meeting this morning12:02
thomasboimahPlease read the update12:02
jelknerthomasboimah: your update says to rely on svaye_ and dcammue 12:03
thomasboimahYes and then mention it in their update12:03
svaye_jelkner, I gave the update of the meeting12:03
jelknerlet's have a talk about how to approach this12:03
jelkneryou really need to start thinking about your *deliverables*!12:03
jelknerif you start out thinking about a monthly rate, you may not get very far12:04
jelkneryes, bringing in enough revenue to pay $400 per month is a great goal12:04
jelknerbut what product or service will you render to bring in the revenue?12:04
jelknerthat's what we need to figure out, and soon!12:05
jelknerThis has been a long term challenge for me, and it's time you all understand the challenge12:05
jelknerIt's an example of a "chicken or egg problem"12:05
jelknerWhich comes first, the chicken or the egg?12:06
jelknerWhere do eggs, come from? Chickens.12:06
svaye_The business team( svaye_ and dcammue ) will be offering bookkeeping, invoicing and billing for the organizations that need it jelkner 12:06
jelknerWhere do chickens come from? Eggs!12:06
jelknersvaye_: ok, so you need to start listing what you will do, and what you will charge for it.12:06
jelknerFor Gabriel and Mulbah, I have work I can pay for (so I can be one of your early customers)12:07
jelknerbut you have to be ready to give me value12:07
Gabriel+112:07
jelkneri don't think you're there yet12:07
jelknerthomasboimah is12:07
jelknerbut only thomasboimah 12:07
jelknerso that's the challenge12:07
thomasboimahjelkner, I am working on that so That Gabriel and Mulbah can be ready too12:08
jelknerLet's talk about the office12:08
svaye_jelkner, dcammue and I agreed to charge the three organizations $400 a month for all those services12:08
jelknerwhat services, svaye_?12:08
thomasboimahNOw that we have the office I am going to be working closely with Gabriel and Mulbah12:08
dcammueThe bookkeeping 12:08
svaye_bookkeeping, invoicing and billing jelkner 12:08
thomasboimahJust the same way zOnny is working with me12:08
jelknera monthly rate is probably not the best way to start svaye_ 12:09
jelknerwe need an hourly rate12:09
dcammueYou said you want us to do bookkeeping for sjc, novaweb, and secosol12:09
thomasboimahAnd i am happy that they mention in our meeting that they are ready to give more time to Jetro now12:09
jelknerback to the office12:09
dcammueYou come up with the best way to fo jelkner 12:09
jelknermr. zawolo said he has more time now and will get more involved12:09
dcammueOkay, to the office12:10
jelknerhe will help you get supplies (beds, tables, etc.) you need to use the place12:10
jelkneryou should be tracking all that in your books12:10
dcammueYes12:10
jelknersvaye_ and dcammue, i want you to tell me when you are really ready to do bookkeeping12:11
jelkneryou should start with your own business12:11
dcammueYes, now12:11
svaye_we already started on our books jelkner 12:11
dcammueWhat more do you want me to provide12:11
jelkneri'm dreaming of a day when i get an email from you two saying, "jelkner, we want to show you our Jetro Web books" 12:11
jelknerand i look at them and say "Wow, that's impressive!!"12:12
jelknerI want to hire you two. You rock!12:12
jelknerWhen you can do that, you will earn the trust of others.12:12
jelknerAnd be ready to generate lots of business.12:12
thomasboimahjelkner, Mulbah and Gabriel said that they are interested in work with you student on the ANCC webiste12:13
jelknerI haven't seen anything like that yet.12:13
thomasboimah*working*12:13
jelknerah, great, back to the dev team12:13
dcammuejelkner: 12:13
jelknerlet's talk about the dev team (5 more minutes i have to go)12:13
jelknernow that you have an office12:13
thomasboimahYes and that is going to be our first start to bring them on board12:13
dcammuePlease check you gnucash database12:13
jelkneri want to see you on irc when Kara, Josh and Ben are in class.12:14
dcammueFor novweb and sjc12:14
dcammueAnd jetro as well12:14
jelkneri want to see you talking with them about their learning process12:14
jelknerthey are advanced students, who know how to learn independently12:14
jelknerkara came up with the idea that she wanted to make her own ToDo app12:14
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jelknerand Josh is doing the same12:15
jelkneroops, we lost thomasboihmah12:15
jelknerthat's why we need an office with reliable bandwidth12:15
jelknerso that y'all don't drop out so frequently12:15
jelknerif you notice, i hardly ever drop out12:16
jelkneri'm on a linux workstation using hexchat12:16
jelknerit just works12:16
jelknerreliably12:16
jelkneryou will need to have as reliable Internet as you can12:16
jelkneryou can't run a tech business with bad Internet12:17
jelknerjust won't work12:17
GabrielSure12:17
jelknerAnyway, i expect to see at least one of the devs tomorrow during our Django class12:17
dcammueYes, starlink is the best12:17
jelknerthen we should get starlink12:18
jelknerif we get jkollie_ on the SJC board12:18
jelknershe will need to attend Jitsi meetings12:18
jelkneragain, we'll need the connection to work12:18
jelknerwe don't have time to play with bad connections12:18
jelknerwe have work to do12:18
jkollie_that's right jelkner12:19
jelknerGabriel, thomasboimah, i'll be very disappointed if one of you (or Mulbah) isn't on irc when Kara, Josh and Ben are here tomorrow12:19
jelknerwe will be blocking on you if you aren't here12:19
jelknerdcammue, svaye_ 12:19
dcammueYes jelkner12:20
jelknerwe have a SE Business Club meeting today12:20
thomasboimahI will be here jelkner. I was here yesterday and i have convo. with them12:20
dcammueYes12:20
jelkneragain, if you aren't there, we will be blocking on you12:20
GabrielOkay jelkner 12:20
svaye_ jelkner 12:20
jelkneri don't see how you'll be able to charge for bookkeeping services if you don't take the time to work with devesh to see what needs to be done12:20
jelknerand today is the time12:20
GabrielOkay jelkner 12:21
jelknerwe meet only every other week on wednesdays12:21
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jelknerif you aren't there, it will be two weeks before you get another opportunity12:21
dcammueOkay 12:21
jelknerthey are volunteers12:21
dcammueTonight12:21
jelknerthey are students working for free12:21
jelknerwe need to show up when they are available12:21
jelknerunderstand?12:21
dcammue+112:21
svaye_+112:21
jelknergreat12:22
jelknerok, let's keep moving forward12:22
jelknerlet me know when you feel you are ready to be included in Jistsi meetings12:22
dcammueCan we try the jitsi video tonight12:24
dcammue?12:24
dcammueOr on friday during the standup meeting? Here at the office12:24
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dcammueCan we try it jelkner12:24
jelkneri'm going to see if Sahnun and Tony can meet with me at 3:30 pm today (20:30 your time)12:25
jelknercan we try then?12:25
dcammueYes12:25
dcammueWow12:25
dcammueLol12:25
jelknerwe don't have time to waste playing with tech at the 22:30 meeting12:25
dcammueIt will be night for me12:26
jelknerdcammue: this is really important to figure out12:26
dcammueAnd i will not be here at the office12:26
jelknerif you want to do business in Virginia12:26
dcammueI suggest friday12:26
jelkneryou will need to have some of your memebers on a work schedule that matches the business hours here12:26
jelkneri can't do Friday12:27
jelknerlet's not rush it12:27
jelknerwe really should test it when you are ready12:27
jelknernot now12:27
jelknerhere's what i want:12:27
jelkner1. A Jetro office with a Starlink service installed12:27
jelkner2. A GNU/Linux workstation running either Firefox or Chromium12:28
jelkner3. And hexchat12:28
jelknerwhen you have all that setup12:28
jelknerwe can begin testing12:28
Gabriel+112:28
jelkneri won't want to mess around with Android phones and junk like that12:29
jelknerit will be unreliable, and i don't have the time12:29
jelknerthe workstation will need a webcam and speakers12:29
jelknerso you'll have to choose your hardware carefully12:29
jelknerand then leave it in place12:29
jelknerso you can use it all the time12:29
jelknerwe want to get a close to "it just works" as we can12:30
jelknermake sense?12:30
dcammue+112:30
Gabriel+112:30
jkollie_+112:30
thomasboimah+112:30
svaye_+112:30
jelknercool12:30
jelknerok, i need to go12:30
jelknercjones just arrived and i need to talk with him12:30
dcammueOkay12:31
jelknersee you friday morning12:31
dcammueWe too leaving for freena visit12:31
GabrielOhk jelkner having a wonderful day and a happy New year to you and the family 12:31
dcammueYou too12:31
jelknerPlease send her my deepest condolences.12:31
dcammueSure12:31
jelknerACTION Logs off until tomorrow during Djang class.12:31
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jelknerHello dcammue 22:12
svayedcammue, 22:33
dcammueHow are you jelkner22:36
dcammuesvaye: 22:37
svaye_dcammue, join us in the sjcompute chat room22:39
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jelkner_svaye_ and dcammue, it's getting late23:21
jelkner_i don't want to keep you any longer23:22
jelkner_let me let you tell you what we decided23:22
svaye_Alright je23:22
jelkner_and then you can leave23:22
jelkner_By logging into the bank23:22
jelkner_you can download all transactions into a CSV file23:23
jelkner_you'll need to learn what that is, but i can explain it23:23
jelkner_then you can upload (Ved says you need to do some data cleaning first)23:23
jelkner_from the CSV to Gnucash23:23
jelkner_he is going to do that23:23
jelkner_i was struggling with him a bit23:24
jelkner_because i don't want him to do things only he knows how to do23:24
jelkner_since when he graduates23:24
jelkner_the knowledge will be lost to us23:24
jelkner_so he promised to document (with screenshots and everything)23:24
jelkner_the whole process23:24
svaye_jelkner_, do you mean SECOSOL bank?23:24
jelkner_*and* arya will ride shotgun23:24
jelkner_all three banks23:25
jelkner_SECOSOL, NOVA Web, and SJC23:25
jelkner_it's the same bank23:25
svaye_okay23:25
jelkner_ACFCU23:25
jelkner_by next year, our goal will be for you to have a VPN setup23:25
jelkner_so you can log in yourself23:25
svaye_do we have access to it?23:25
jelkner_but you won't be able to do that without the VPN23:25
jelkner_you can't do it from Liberia23:26
svaye_got it!23:26
jelkner_so you will need to teleport yourselves to Virginia using the VPN23:26
svaye_okay23:27
jelkner_ok, if you want to go now, i just want to thank you for coming!23:27
jelkner_you two rock!23:27
jelkner_see you Friday morning23:27
svaye_You don't have to thank me jelkner_23:27
jelkner_i'll see tboihmah tomorrow during our class23:27
jelkner_sure i do svaye_ 23:28
jelkner_sleep well, comrades23:28
svaye_Alright jelkner_ Good night23:28
svaye_ACTION signs off 23:29
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jelkner_anyone need me for anything?23:37
jelkner_hearning nothing, i will log off...23:38
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