Foundational Tenets

Published: 2025-12-05
Updated: 2026-01-06 19:31
  1. The "what" and "why" are more important than the "how."
  2. Accountability: you build it, you run it.
  3. Standardization outlasts novelty and incurs no hidden costs.
  4. Keep it simple; rules and enforcement should be last resorts. Clarity is seniority. Cleverness is overhead.
  5. Everything starts with people and communication.
  6. Foster autonomy and independence.
  7. Prestige will slow you down.
  8. Embrace a little chaos.
  9. Fail fast and don't be afraid to do so.
  10. Meetings are tools, not goals.
  11. Abstractions triumph over code; this is why design patterns are battle-tested.
  12. If you don't know what you are doing, you should probably take a step back.