This is my no.1 rule! I ask myself “how easy will this [thing that I’ve done right now] be to pickup again in 1 year if I stop using it right now?”. Then of course some complexity must be added… like if there’s a proxy you probably have to use multiple ports.
That was a fun read, but parsing the culture references and metaphors twisted my brain a little.
I think it’s just better to say these, without attaching value statements in the summary:
This is my no.1 rule! I ask myself “how easy will this [thing that I’ve done right now] be to pickup again in 1 year if I stop using it right now?”. Then of course some complexity must be added… like if there’s a proxy you probably have to use multiple ports.