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