Rhystic Studies
The rules you explain are less convincing than the ones you don’t.
George Orwell’s 6 Rules for Writing
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print
Never use a long word where a short one will do
If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out
Never use the passive where you can use the active
Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent
Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous
Folding Ideas on food
Food is a celebration of what it represents.
Goodhart’s Law
When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
Hanlon’s Razor
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Xanatos Gambit
A Xanatos Gambit is a plan for which all foreseeable outcomes benefit the creator — including ones that superficially appear to be failure. The creator predicts potential attempts to thwart the plan, and arranges the situation such that the creator will benefit in one way or another even if their adversary “succeeds” in “stopping” them.
When faced with a Xanatos Gambit the options are either to accept that the creator will get the upper hand and choose the outcome that is least beneficial to them, or to defeat them by finding a course that they didn’t predict.
The Pragmatic Programmer’s Martin Fowler
You can change your organization or change your organization