Centrist: Now now don't be rude. Let's find some middle ground. A wants B to stop existing and we must respect all opinions. B, do you have a compelling and reasobable counter-argument for your right to exist? Be civil.
As a computer dothings maker, absolutely! I'd request a sketch or make one and ask if it fits the client's intention as the first step of any such project.
That should be enough to get started. It can be easier if you clarify a few things:
remove "Very simple user experience". It means nothing.
Mobile-friendly is fine, but you may intend "mobile first"? See it that feels right to you.
Draw sketches of the customer's UI, your UI, and the cleaners' UI. It may feel like a lot of work but trust me it's going to save ten times the effort in communication total.
Be prepared to spend at least 3000-5000 USD on this. Anyone offering less is not able to do the job.
"Waterfall process" is a curseword in software development for a reason.
To me it proves the person is thinks that a game can be created without prototyping and iteration. In addition to only doing 10% of the work, they are under the illusion that they have done 80% and completing it is just a rote exercise. They have also overdesigned untested features and mechanics which makes any iteration harder. I'd have to break their thing down and iterate over the parts with them while also explaining this to them.
No. Learning anything is hard. It is important to accept this. There is no special explanation or trick that gives a shortcut to learning.
When people say "learning to code isn't hard" they are also correct, but they are speaking relatively. Learning to code isn't hard as learning things go. Compared to playing piano, guitar, doing skateboard tricks, juggling, etc... it's just practice and focus and reading and watching and practice and time.
The case studies, historical events, and intellectual movements discussed in the book all receive superficial treatment, and in general the content does not work in service of the argumentation.
That's how academics say "this book is racist horseshit"
The quality of a work lies not in how it makes you feel, but in how many polysyllabic words it allows you to use when talking about it.