Proverbs
These are little sayings that Iβve picked up from others and some that Iβve found on my own. They guide me in the right direction.
The reward for good work is more work. β
Measure twice, cut once. β
Try to be helpful. β
Be optimistic. β
βJustβ and βeasyβ are four letter words. β
Compete with yourself and root for everyone else. β
Go places. Not too much. Mostly self-powered. β
Work in public. β
People act on the stories they know. β
Make the change easy, then make the easy change. β
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. β
Make things. Not too much. Mostly for others. β
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. β
One change makes seven. β
Anything you do not give freely becomes lost to you. β
If you canβt get out of it, get into it. β
Speak like a human. β
Responsive is better than fast. β
Practicality beats purity. β
Non-blocking is better than blocking. β
Mind your words, they are important. β
Keep it logically awesome. β
Itβs not fully shipped until itβs fast. β
Favor focus over features. β
Encourage flow. β
Design for failure. β
Avoid administrative distraction. β
A name means a lot just by itself. β
Work without a vision is toil. Vision without work is a daydream. β
To go left, turn right. β
Thinking is also work. β
There seems no plan because it is all plan. β
Take a break :) β
Solve the right problem. β
Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast. β
Shipping is a feature. β
Pros are just amateurs who know how to gracefully recover. β
No problems, no progress. β
Mood follows action expresses mood. β
It be like that sometimes. β
In software, everything is possible but nothing is free. β
Have you been told lately that you rock? β
Half measures are as bad as nothing at all. β
First solve the problem. Then write the code. β
Do it right, or youβll need to do it over. β
Collaboration through communication. β
Bugs and features donβt add, they compound. β
Being enthusiastic is worth 25 IQ points. β
Before making it better, stop making it worse. β
Approachable is better than simple. β
Anything added dilutes everything else. β
A well-defined problem is half-solved. β