Basic Things
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Basic Things
Some engineering principles I live by:
✓ Make it work, make it right, make it fast
✓ Progressive disclosure of complexity
✓ Minimize the number of concepts & modes
✓ Most 'flukes' aren't… your tech just sucks
✓ Feedback must be given to users instantly
✓ Maximize us... See more
Guillermo Rauchx.comA few thoughts follow below. Let's begin with a few of the more important principles, plus a few miscellanea that don't really belong later in the essay. Some of this is repeated later in the essay.
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