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<p>Modern software is too large, too fragile, and too dependent on layers its own authors no longer understand.</p>
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<p>We believe software should be:</p>
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<li><p>Simple enough to modify.</p></li>
<li><p>Clear enough to trust.</p></li>
<li><p>Stable enough to last.</p></li>
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<li><p>Useful before it is fashionable.</p></li>
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<p>Complexity is not sophistication.</p>
<p>Abstraction is not always progress.</p>
<p>Dependencies are not free.</p>
<p>More code is not more value.</p>
<p>A good program does one thing directly and predictably.</p>
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