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Defaults illustrate the principle that interfaces should be designed to make the common case as simple as possible.

A Philosophy of Software Design

John Ousterhout

I noticed your touch on the contract, a dramatic voice said in his head. “You’ve always been a clever one,” Wit said. “Was it my diction that clued you in, my keen bargaining abilities, or the fact that I included my name in the text?” What game do you play here? “A game of sense.” … What? “Sense, Odium. The only kind I have is nonsense. Well, and some cents, but cents are nonsense here too—so we can ignore them. Scents are mine aplenty, and you never cared for the ones I present. So instead, the sense that matters is the sense Dalinar sensibly sent you.” I hate you.

The Stormlight Archive #4

Brandon Sanderson

And finally, how we’ve set things up, that’s all artificial, that’s a constraint. It’s not a natural law of physics. Keep that in mind because so much resistance comes from the uncertainty of doing something differently.

The DevOps Handbook

Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis, and Nicole Forsgren

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