The Ladder of Laziness
A disciplined decision framework for writing less code.
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1. NEED IT?
1. DO WE NEED THIS AT ALL?
1. ELIMINATE: DO WE NEED THIS?
2. STD LIB?
2. CAN STD LIB DO IT?
2. LEVERAGE: CAN STD LIB DO IT?
3. PLATFORM?
3. CAN PLATFORM DO IT?
3. PLATFORM: CAN THE OS/WEB DO IT?
4. EXIST DEP?
4. CAN EXIST DEP DO IT?
4. REUSE: CAN AN EXIST DEP DO IT?
5. ONE-LINER?
5. CAN THIS BE A ONE-LINER?
5. MINIMIZE: CAN THIS BE A SNIPPET?
6. CUSTOM CODE
6. WRITE CUSTOM CODE
6. BUILD: ONLY THEN WRITE CUSTOM
CUSTOM DEPLOY
DEPLOY CUSTOM CODE
DEPLOY MINIMAL CUSTOM ENGINE
LAZY EXIT
EXIT: USE EXISTING
SUCCESS: MAX LAZINESS
SAFETY RAILS
ERRORS, A11Y, SEC
SAFETY EXCEPTIONS
VALIDATION, A11Y, SEC
MANDATORY SAFETY
VALIDATE, ERRORS, A11Y, SEC
ponytail: intentional
shortcuts documented
INSPECTOR
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