Ignorance is a bliss, but so is consistency

Ignorance is a bliss is a classic quote from Matrix movie.

Ignorance can truly bring blissful feelings, but so can consistency in programming, and this manifesto is all about it.

Be replaceable

One of the most important aspects of (enterprise) programming is to realize, you must be replaceable, since you are replaceable. Everyone is, and that's ok, it's a good thing. It means you can also replace someone else.

We are a tiny company and yet we have more than 200 repositories on GitHub. We've done so many different projects and proof-of-concepts over the years, that our replaceability is absolutely key element.

It's important to understand that if our nomenclature, our code structure, our approach to stuff is the same, we can easily jump from one project to another, we can easily help out others. We know exactly what to expect from the code, where to find things, how to name things so others understand them.

This makes us very flexible, agile, it takes almost no time to switch projects.

If you are now thinking, but hey, I'm just a solo programmer, I don't need others to understand my code, then hear this. We have projects running 5, 10, even 15 years with almost zero changes in code, it's almost certain one day we'll have to come back to them and exactly then will be so happy we find the same code structure as we use today.

Remember, you are also replaceable by your future self.

You'll thank yourself later.

Insanity called programming

Programming is not for the faint of heart. It's one of the most difficult jobs on this planet. Those who laugh at this claim have never really done programming.

The main cause of all our problems is the ever changing character of our environment. The technology you used today, you can forget tomorrow, the way you did something today, tomorrow will others claim as obsolete, as the old world approach.

The reality is, you'll have to study, study, study, forget everything, and study some more. The only thing that remains the same is you, and your coding habits and practices.