Things I think about a lot

references.md

Heuristics

• Rule of Three
• The Principle of Least Power
  • See also CSS Tricks on the Principle of Least Power
• The Pit of Success
• Priority of Constituencies
• Pave the Cowpaths
• Choose Boring Technology

Laws and paradoxes

• Conway's Law
• Goodhart's Law
• Jevons Paradox
• Abilene Paradox

Ideas

• xkcd on automation
• Inclusive Design - the persona spectrum (page 22 of this PDF)
• Double Diamond / Mobius Loop
• Socio-technical systems
• Orchestration vs. Choreography
• Consumer-Driven Contracts
• What is Abstraction? (video)
• Should design systems include problematic components and patterns?
• Move slowly and methodically to go fast
• Programming principles for self taught front-end developers
• Argument dilution

AI

• The Majority AI View
• AI Fatigue is Real
• On Programming with Agents
• Do not give up your brain
• AI isn't useless. But is it worth it?
• How to Resist the Temptation of AI When Writing

Problem-solving

• The XY Problem / Example of the XY Problem
• Five whys
• A debugging manifesto

Inspiration

• Objectified: OXO Good Grips Story
• Interview with Ivy Ross
• Patricia Moore profile
• We Can Be Heroes

How-to

• How to Work Better
  • I choose to interpret "Be calm" and "Smile" as "Be kind to yourself" and "Be kind to others", respectively.
• How to review code effectively
• Copmplete CSS - See the "principles" section, which is free!
• Linux Journey
• How to create a Minimal, Reproducible Example
• Etsy Debriefing Facilitation Guide