The zenhackers manifesto

– Productivity and happiness.

1. 1. Use technology, concepts, constructs that keep you productive and are easy to use. Avoid technology, concepts, constructs that frustrates you.

– Simplicity over complexity.

1. 2. Remove anything (technology, concepts, constructs) that do not add any / enough value.
2. 3. Keep different concerns separate, so that a piece of code or component tries to do only 1 or 2 things.

– Clarity over obscurity.

1. 4. Highlight the essence of what the code / design is doing, hiding the irrelevant details, but not obscuring information.
2. 5. Write code / create a design that explains itself.

– Correctness.

1. 6. Code should give the correct result under normal situations, in an acceptable time.
2. 7. Code should also handle failure or exceptional situations correctly.