u/Careful_Associate114

i've been in VR for about 2 years now and most experiences still feel like a game or a gimmick. but every now and then something clicks and it actually feels like presence — like you're really in that space.

for me it was a realistic architectural walkthrough demo (nothing fancy, just a virtual apartment) and a cave environment in some ambient exploration game. the quietness and scale of it just got me.

curious what moments actually hit for other people, particularly anything that isn't a AAA game. indie stuff, experiences, whatever

i can write php reasonably well at this point and understand what i build, but whenever i jump into someone else's codebase or look at an open source project i get kind of lost. the structure is different, the naming conventions are different, and it takes me forever to figure out what's going on.

do you just get better at this naturally over time? any specific things you did to speed up the process? i'm wondering if i should intentionally practice reading more code

running proxmox on a mini pc right now with a few vms: n8n for automation, a media server, and some small php projects i'm working on. it's been a great learning experience but i definitely made some dumb mistakes early on (like not setting up backups properly until something broke).

for people who've been doing this longer, what's the one thing you wish someone had told you at the start? could be anything — hardware, networking, software setup, whatever

started with a few simple workflows and now i have like 40+ and some of them are getting really hard to follow. using sticky notes inside n8n helps a bit but once a workflow gets past 20-30 nodes it gets messy.

curious how others structure things — do you break big workflows into sub-workflows, use naming conventions, keep a separate doc? what actually works in practice when you come back to something 3 months later

not looking for anything intense, just something to properly decompress after work. been playing Beat Saber on easy when im tired but it still requires too much focus.

what games do people use when they literally just want to exist in a nice space for a bit? open world, walking sims, anything chill really.

Running into an issue where I'm processing a list of ~500 items through an API that limits to 100 requests per minute. Currently using a Wait node with a fixed delay between batches but it feels hacky and sometimes still hits rate limits if a previous execution is still running.

Curious how others handle this cleanly in n8n — do you use the Wait node, some kind of queue pattern, or something else entirely? Also wondering if there's a good way to handle the retry logic natively when a 429 comes back, rather than the whole execution failing.

Am o situatie in care urmeaza sa colaborez cu un SRL si vreau sa ma asigur ca activitatea pe care o desfasoara e inregistrata corect la ONRC, mai ales dupa trecerea la CAEN REV3.

Stiu ca pot scoate certificatul constatator de pe portalul ONRC, dar ma intrebam daca exista o metoda mai rapida sau un tool care sa imi arate direct ce coduri CAEN are inregistrate o firma, fara sa stau sa navighez prin portal.

Voi cum verificati asta in practica inainte sa incheiati un contract de prestari servicii?

Hey r/n8n,

The SMS is sent from the user’s own Android device/SIM, so there is no separate SMS provider integration in this workflow. Of course, the real cost depends on the user’s mobile plan/operator limits.

Workflow code:

https://github.com/x5qubits/n8n-workflows

What it does:

1. Receives abandoned cart data from a webhook

2. Waits a configurable amount of time

3. Checks whether the cart/order was completed

4. Sends an SMS only if the cart is still abandoned

5. Logs the result

6. Prevents duplicate reminders for the same cart/customer

Flow:

Webhook → Wait → Check cart status → IF still abandoned → Send SMS → Log result

The SMS step uses an Android phone/SIM as the gateway. In my workflow I used the RCSZilla n8n node, but the same pattern can be adapted to any SMS provider or HTTP-based gateway.

Curious how others handle abandoned-cart flows in n8n SMS, email, WhatsApp, or a mix?