Hacker News with Generative AI: Design Principles

Design Pressure: The Invisible Hand That Shapes Your Code (hynek.me)
Ever had this weird gut feeling that something is off in your code, but couldn’t put the finger on why? Are you starting your projects with the best intentions, following all best practices, and still feel like your architecture turns weird eventually?
Software Development, Design Principles, Code Quality
212 points by NeutralForest 33 days ago | 69 comments
Stability by Design (potetm.com)
I recently came across the following tweet from OneHappyFellow1:
Software Engineering, Design Principles
132 points by potetm 50 days ago | 65 comments
Rules for Crafting Products That Stand Out (figma.com)
Linear’s CEO shares his approach to quality at a time when “move fast and break things” no longer cuts it—catch him at Config 2025 alongside a lineup of makers redefining tech’s future.
Product Design, Design Principles, Software Development, Leadership, Conferences
6 points by tosh 100 days ago | 0 comments
Design Principle: Minimize Dependencies (sleepingpotato.com)
When I started building the base framework for Looping, I defined a set of design principles to guide its development.
Software Development, Design Principles
4 points by tsmango 111 days ago | 0 comments
Seeking Purity (pocoo.org)
The concept of purity — historically a guiding principle in social and moral contexts — is also found in passionate, technical discussions. By that I mean that purity in technology translates into adherence to a set of strict principles, whether it be functional programming, test-driven development, serverless architectures, or, in the case of Rust, memory safety.
Software Engineering, Programming, Design Principles, Technology
5 points by tosh 139 days ago | 0 comments
Isolating complexity is the essence of successful abstractions (chriskrycho.com)
Complexity has to live somewhere; but it does not have to live everywhere.
Software Engineering, Design Principles, Abstraction
244 points by chriskrycho 157 days ago | 80 comments
The end-to-end principle in distributed systems (tedinski.com)
The theme for the last couple weeks has been basic design considerations for distributed systems.
Distributed Systems, Design Principles
4 points by chautumn 177 days ago | 0 comments
(Re)affirm design principles for future C++ evolution [pdf] (open-std.org)
Programming Languages, C++, Design Principles
6 points by todsacerdoti 215 days ago | 0 comments
The Rise of Worse Is Better (1991) (dreamsongs.com)
I and just about every designer of Common Lisp and CLOS has had extreme exposure to the MIT/Stanford style of design. The essence of this style can be captured by the phrase the right thing.
Programming Languages, Design Principles, Software History
265 points by t14n 263 days ago | 334 comments
Visual Variables are a specified set of symbols that can be applied to data (infovis-wiki.net)
Data Visualization, Information Design, Design Principles
9 points by Bluestein 327 days ago | 0 comments
CSS Classes Considered Harmful (keithcirkel.co.uk)
CSS, Web Development, Design Principles
100 points by fanf2 345 days ago | 119 comments
Why We Build Simple Software (pickcode.io)
Software Development, Design Principles, User Experience
18 points by csmeyer 352 days ago | 30 comments
Visual design rules you can safely follow every time (anthonyhobday.com)
Visual Design, Design Principles, Web Design
21 points by zerojames 407 days ago | 3 comments