Hacker Laws(hacker-laws.com)

127 pointsby kaonwarbletztes Jahr21 comments

https://hacker-laws.com/

23 comments

ksecletztes Jahr

I often found when something involves an insanely large number or objects the 90–9–1 Principle holds true. But when things is smaller to medium size 80/20 can be used. But I still dont have a good / decent theory how to link the two together. I wonder if anyone has any materials on it.

bookofjoeletztes Jahr

To the author: "Download the PDF eBook" link

https://github.com/dwmkerr/hacker-laws/releases/download/v0....

is broken

carlesfeletztes Jahr

In case somebody comes looking for the working link: https://github.com/dwmkerr/hacker-laws/releases/download/v0....

dwmkerrletztes Jahr

just saw this, fixing at the moment

PhilippGilleletztes Jahr

Good collection. One rule I found missing is the Rule of Three: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_three_(computer_prog...

dwmkerrletztes Jahr

love it, tracking now

khaledhletztes Jahr

I'd add Wirth's Law: Software gets slower faster than hardware gets faster.

dwmkerrletztes Jahr

Tracking now https://github.com/dwmkerr/hacker-laws/issues/448

mergyletztes Jahr

Please add

Jevons Paradox

dwmkerrletztes Jahr

on this list to go in: https://github.com/dwmkerr/hacker-laws/issues/446

JSR_FDEDletztes Jahr

So many people get Occam’s razor wrong. I like the way you describe it as the least number of concepts and assumptions, rather than just “simplest”.

onreletztes Jahr

I feel this is a side-effect of so many people getting "simple" wrong, as in, calling things simple because they superficially seem so, even while being aware of but ignoring the underlying complexities.

voidhorseletztes Jahr

Completely agree. It's entirely about eliminating unnecessary distinctions, not about relative simplicity (which would need to be defined in context—we do not have a universal notion or measure of "simplicity" or complexity—any such notions we do have are domain dependent and usually observer dependent).

gozzooletztes Jahr

How is "least number of concepts and assumptions" different than “simplest”?

onionisafruitletztes Jahr

Sometimes I see a post and immediately know it’s going to take over my day. I’ll probably spend at least three hours reading this and the linked wikipedia articles.

esafakletztes Jahr

To the author: Nice site. The very first link, https://effective-shell/, is broken.

hakaneskiciletztes Jahr

https://effective-shell.com/

dwmkerrletztes Jahr

thanks for the heads up, just fixed!

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from-niblyletztes Jahr

Don't forget WET (write everything twice)

extraduder_ireletztes Jahr

That's under DRY.

khaledhletztes Jahr

Hoare's Law of Large Programs: Inside every large program is a small program struggling to get out.

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