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# Development Mantras
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### Move fast and break things
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Get through the [OODA loop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop) as many times as possible.
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### Alligator energy (move slow and preserve things)
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### Make it work, make it right, make it fast (in that order)
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### Done is better than perfect
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### If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is a duck.
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> "It's ugly, but it works!"
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> -- R. Fisher
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### If the way is long, the way is wrong
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### [Project Management Triangle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management_triangle)
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> Good, Fast, Cheap. Pick two but not all three.
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### Organizations are fractals
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### Focus on what moves the needle
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### Code is run more than it is read
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### [ONE SHOT. ONE LIFE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh-ohspuCmE)
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### The computer doesn't care
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> "There are 2 hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-1 errors."
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2024-08-17 02:42:44 +00:00
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> -- Leon Bambrick
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In other words, pick something for a name and roll with the punches.
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### Elon's 5 Step Design Process
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1. Make the requirements less dumb
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2. Try and delete part of the process
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3. Simplify or optimize
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4. Accelerate Cycle Time
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5. Automate
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2024-08-17 02:42:44 +00:00
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### Never Settle
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> "But it's also about looking at things anew and what they could be instead of what they are"
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> -- Rodney Mullen
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