Decisions, Not Options (WordCamp San Francisco 2011)

Decisions, not options. Daryl Koopersmith, WordPress Core Developer @darylkoop | darylkoop.com | hello@darylkoop.com

“There is never a singleright solution. A K I N ’ S T W E L F T H L AW O F S PA C E C R A F T D E S I G N

“There is never a singleright solution. There are alwaysmultiple wrong ones, though. A K I N ’ S T W E L F T H L AW O F S PA C E C R A F T D E S I G N

Heuristics

“I always saydon’t make plans,make options. — JENNIFER ANISTON

“ ONLY INI always say ROMANTICdon’t make plans,make options. COMEDIES— JENNIFER ANISTON

Decisions, not options.

“Everything should be madeas simple as possible. OCCAM’S RAZOR

“It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goalof all theory is to make the irreducible basicelements as simple and as few as possiblewithout having to surrender the adequaterepresentation of a single datum of experience. — ALBERT EINSTEIN

“Everything should be madeas simple as possible,but no simpler. — ROGER SESSIONS

SECURITY

“If a plugin is insecure,it doesn’t matter whatit’s supposed to do. —MA R K JAQ U I T H

READABILITYABSTRACTION

“Sacrifice DRY for readability. CHANGESET 15795

CONSIDER THE ECOSYSTEM

Humanize your application.

DESIGN FOR THEMAJORITY

audienceknow your

temptation

≠ HIBERNATE

“Premature optimizationis the root of all evil. — DONALD KNUTH

the balancing act

TECHNICALDEBT

we are fallible

“In the presence of good rationale,maintainers should be willing tochange their mind often. — H AV O C P E N N I N G T O N

“Nothing is sacred.

“Nothing is sacred exceptthat nothing is sacred.

Step back.

Think it through.

Make good decisions.

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