Table of Contents
Chapter 6: Don’t Solve the Problem
Chapter 7: Enjoy Confusion
Chapter 8: Procrastinate
Chapter 9: Verbalize and Nounalize
Chapter 10: Pay Attention to Attention
Chapter 11: Be Accident Prone
Chapter 12: Conquer Time
Chapter 13: Learn the Local Jargon
Chapter 14: Accept Numerical Reality
Chapter 15: Be Stateless
Chapter 16: Travel in Space
Chapter 17: Use Your Frustration
Chapter 18: Be a Hacker
Chapter 19: Don’t Crash the Ambulance
Chapter 20: Do Not Plagiarize
Chapter 21: Decontaminate
Chapter 22: Be Miserly
Chapter 23: Curse Knowledge
Chapter 24: Rise to the Occasion
Chapter 25: Be Poetic
Chapter 26: Be Lazy
Chapter 27: Be Impatient
Chapter 28: Have Hubris
Chapter 29: Be Consistent
Chapter 30: Relish Magic
Chapter 31: Tell a Good Story
Chapter 32: Make Bricks Not Monoliths
Chapter 33: Write Opaque Code
Chapter 34: Write Invisible Code
Chapter 35: Engage Eyes
Chapter 36: Grow a Cathedral
Chapter 37: Become a Ghost
Chapter 38: Do Not Be Helpful
Chapter 39: Do Nothing Well
Chapter 40: Find Your Stickiness
Chapter 41: Give Up Control
Chapter 42: Be Quiet
Chapter 43: Give Them Their Own
Chapter 44: Don’t Borrow, Steal
Chapter 45: Always Softcode
Chapter 46: Topple Fences
Chapter 47: Be Claustrophilic
Chapter 48: Be Wary
Chapter 49: Lose Every Battle
Chapter 50: Avoid the Plague
Chapter 51: Comment Quietly
Chapter 52: Beware Longevity
Chapter 53: Beware Easy
Chapter 54: Do Not Repeat Repeat Repeat
Chapter 55: Climb Above the Solution
Chapter 56: Hinder Your Users
Chapter 57: Develop a Sense of Kludge
Chapter 58: Understand Bugs
Chapter 59: Spot Bugs
Chapter 60: Know Why It Works
Chapter 61: Think Safety
Chapter 62: Respect Bug Time
Chapter 63: Dance the Debug 2-Step
Chapter 64: Clean Up After the Flood
Chapter 65: Play
Chapter 66: Sidestep Show Stoppers
Chapter 67: Do a Premortem
Chapter 68: Eat Your Own Cooking
Chapter 69: Bandage Sparingly
Chapter 70: Purge
Chapter 71: Don’t Oversharpen
Chapter 72: Think Backwards
Chapter 73: King Your Users
Chapter 74: Shake Vigorously
Chapter 75: Prove Yourself Wrong
Chapter 76: Sling Garbage
Chapter 77: Tattle on Yourself
Chapter 78: Be a Polyglot
Chapter 79: Avoid Perfect
Chapter 80: Beget Quality
Chapter 81: Follow The Way
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