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Hacker Laws
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10 months ago
by kaonwarb
Sometimes I see a post and immediately know it’s going to take over my day. I’ll probably spend at least three hours reading this and the linked wikipedia articles.
10 months ago
by onionisafruit
So many people get Occam’s razor wrong. I like the way you describe it as the least number of concepts and assumptions, rather than just “simplest”.
10 months ago
by JSR_FDED
Hoare's Law of Large Programs: Inside every large program is a small program struggling to get out.
10 months ago
by khaledh
I often found when something involves an insanely large number or objects the 90–9–1 Principle holds true. But when things is smaller to medium size 80/20 can be used. But I still dont have a good / decent theory how to link the two together. I wonder if anyone has any materials on it.
10 months ago
by ksec
To the author: "Download the PDF eBook" link
https://github.com/dwmkerr/hacker-laws/releases/download/v0....
is broken
10 months ago
by bookofjoe
To the author: Nice site. The very first link,
https://effective-shell/
, is broken.
10 months ago
by esafak
I'd add Wirth's Law: Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.
10 months ago
by khaledh
Good collection. One rule I found missing is the Rule of Three:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_three_(computer_prog...
10 months ago
by PhilippGille
Please add
Jevons Paradox
10 months ago
by mergy
Don't forget WET (write everything twice)
10 months ago
by from-nibly