Manifesto

Build less.

A smaller surface area is easier to reason about, faster to ship, and cheaper to maintain.

Optimize for clarity.

Clever code ages poorly. Obvious code scales.

Own the stack.

Understand the layer below the one you're working in. Abstractions leak; be ready.

Move fast, but don't hurry.

Speed comes from good constraints, not recklessness.

Fix the root cause.

Patches are debt. Solve the actual problem.