From 28347b0d0ef945fad0139d0600f108235996de28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Kerr Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 21:09:57 +0800 Subject: feat: add hofstadter's law. closes #7. --- README.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3445772..fda64cd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Laws, Theories, Patterns and Ideas that all developers should know about! * [Introduction](#introduction) * [The Laws](#the-laws) * [⭐⭐ Conway's Law](#-conways-law) +* [Hofstadter's Law](#hofstadters-law) * [⭐⭐⭐ The Unix Philosophy](#-the-unix-philosophy) * [⭐The Spotify Model](#the-spotify-model) @@ -32,6 +33,14 @@ This law suggests that the technical boundaries of a system will reflect the str See also: 'The Spotify Model'. +## Hofstadter's Law + +[Hofstadter's Law on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s_law) + +> It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. + +You might hear this law referred to when looking at estimates for how long something will take. It seems a truism in software development that we tend to not be very good at accurately estimating how long something will take to deliver. + ### ⭐⭐⭐ The Unix Philosophy [The Unix Philosophy on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy) -- cgit v1.2.3 From 958e4610b3b85692bd11aeeaa153d6cb104ff00f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Kerr Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 21:11:17 +0800 Subject: chore: add star to hofstadter's law --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fda64cd..8ab4e44 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Laws, Theories, Patterns and Ideas that all developers should know about! * [Introduction](#introduction) * [The Laws](#the-laws) * [⭐⭐ Conway's Law](#-conways-law) -* [Hofstadter's Law](#hofstadters-law) +* [⭐Hofstadter's Law](#hofstadters-law) * [⭐⭐⭐ The Unix Philosophy](#-the-unix-philosophy) * [⭐The Spotify Model](#the-spotify-model) @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ This law suggests that the technical boundaries of a system will reflect the str See also: 'The Spotify Model'. -## Hofstadter's Law +## ⭐ Hofstadter's Law [Hofstadter's Law on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s_law) -- cgit v1.2.3 From 6b796500da85a471d70baa79848ded39700c3604 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Kerr Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2018 21:12:13 +0800 Subject: chore: fix indentation --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8ab4e44..c4e9eca 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Laws, Theories, Patterns and Ideas that all developers should know about! * [Introduction](#introduction) * [The Laws](#the-laws) * [⭐⭐ Conway's Law](#-conways-law) -* [⭐Hofstadter's Law](#hofstadters-law) + * [⭐ Hofstadter's Law](#-hofstadters-law) * [⭐⭐⭐ The Unix Philosophy](#-the-unix-philosophy) * [⭐The Spotify Model](#the-spotify-model) @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ This law suggests that the technical boundaries of a system will reflect the str See also: 'The Spotify Model'. -## ⭐ Hofstadter's Law +### ⭐ Hofstadter's Law [Hofstadter's Law on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s_law) -- cgit v1.2.3