Proverbs

These are little sayings that I’ve picked up from others and some that I’ve found on my own. They guide me in the right direction.

Style is originality; fashion is fascism. →

The reward for good work is more work. →

Measure twice, cut once. →

Try to be helpful. →

Be optimistic. →

“Just” and “easy” are four letter words. →

Compete with yourself and root for everyone else. →

Go places. Not too much. Mostly self-powered. →

Work in public. →

People act on the stories they know. →

Make the change easy, then make the easy change. →

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. →

Make things. Not too much. Mostly for others. →

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. →

One change makes seven. →

Anything you do not give freely becomes lost to you. →

If you can’t get out of it, get into it. →

Speak like a human. →

Responsive is better than fast. →

Practicality beats purity. →

Non-blocking is better than blocking. →

Mind your words, they are important. →

Keep it logically awesome. →

It’s not fully shipped until it’s fast. →

Favor focus over features. →

Encourage flow. →

Design for failure. →

Avoid administrative distraction. →

A name means a lot just by itself. →

Work without a vision is toil. Vision without work is a daydream. →

To go left, turn right. →

Thinking is also work. →

There seems no plan because it is all plan. →

Take a break :) →

Solve the right problem. →

Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast. →

Shipping is a feature. →

Pros are just amateurs who know how to gracefully recover. →

No problems, no progress. →

Mood follows action expresses mood. →

It be like that sometimes. →

In software, everything is possible but nothing is free. →

Have you been told lately that you rock? →

Half measures are as bad as nothing at all. →

First solve the problem. Then write the code. →

Do it right, or you’ll need to do it over. →

Collaboration through communication. →

Bugs and features don’t add, they compound. →

Being enthusiastic is worth 25 IQ points. →

Before making it better, stop making it worse. →

Approachable is better than simple. →

Anything added dilutes everything else. →

A well-defined problem is half-solved. →