Friday, July 19, 2013

Minifesto - MANIFESTO FOR MINIMALIST SOFTWARE ENGINEERS

  • Fight for Pareto's law, look for the 20% of effort that will give you the 80% of results.
  • Prioritize, minimalism isn't about not doing things but about focusing first in the important.
  • Perfect is enemy of good, first do it, then do it right, then do it better.
  • Kill the baby, don't be afraid of starting all over again. Fail soon, learn fast.
  • Add value. Think constantly how you can help your team and position yourself in that field/skill.
  • Basics, first. Follow always a top-down thinking starting by the best-practises of CS.
  • Think different. Simple is harder than complex, which means you'll need to use your creativity.
  • Synthesis is the key of communication. We have to write code for humans not machines.
  • Keep it plain. Try to keep your designs with few layers of indirection.
  • Clean kipple and redundancy. Minimalism is all about removing distractions.

I am currently working on the german translation and will get the russian translation from a friend, too.

1 comment:

  1. Your approach to Pareto's law and prioritization is commendable, focusing on the essential 20% effort for 80% results. Embracing minimalism in problem-solving, starting with basics and constantly learning from failures is a key to success. Best of luck with the German and Russian translations; expanding the reach of such valuable insights is truly impactful! By the way, do you know how to take the GED online test from home? Any tips would be appreciated!

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