Laws of Software Engineering

Article

• Visual reference of classic software engineering aphorisms and laws.
• Covers well-known principles like Tesler’s Law (Conservation of Complexity).
• Categorizes laws by inevitability vs. convention.

Discussion

• Some laws are gravity-like inevitabilities; others are social norms you can violate.
• Tesler’s Law tied to Ousterhout’s A Philosophy of Software Design.

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