Principles

Have a look through our collection of open-source principles, sorted by most recently edited

Recent Principles

Figure out the problem, before the technology

Understand the problem first, then choose the appropriate technology to solve it.
- problem-solving
- team
- organisation
Adam Craven
Logic should be in the positive

Logic should ask, "Is this true?" instead of "Is this not true?"
- style
- practices
- code
- individual
- comprehension
- cognitive
- focused
Adam Craven
Treat things like cattle, not pets

Build your infrastructure as something disposable that can be destroyed if it fails (cattle) rather than something precious that has to be looked after (pets)
- organization
- team
- infrastructure
Randy Bias
Make the invisible, visible

Make relevant information visible so things can be clearly understood
- leadership
- epic
- individual
- organization
- strategic
- team
- transparency
- understanding
- relevancy
Adam Craven
Relatedness pattern

Things that are related to one another and ordered logically do not increase cognitive complexity
- code
- individual
- comprehension
- cognitive
- focused
Adam Craven
Many minds, better problem-solving

The greater the number of people who can work on a problem, the higher the probability of an optimal solution.
- medium
- problem-solving
- practices
- team
Adam Craven
Separate core logic from the framework

Core logic that is related to solving a business or domain problem should exist outside of a framework.
- practices
- strategic
- full-stack
- organization
- architecture
Adam Craven
Principle of evolvability

Systems which can evolve quicker are better than those which cannot.
- core
- mental model
- epic
- basic
Adam Craven
Go wide, then refine

When creating something, it is better to understand the picture - at a high level - instead of focusing on the thing you need to create immediately.
- practices
- team
- medium
- domain
- ddd
- epic
- leadership
Adam Craven
Code should work, but does not have to be efficient.
- code
- team
- medium
- performance
- phase
- sdlc
- mvp
Adam Craven