A few of my favorites:
- No Silver Bullet — “Automatic programming is simply a euphemism for a higher level language.” Fred Brooks, 1986
- Hyrum’s Law
- The Zen of Python —
>>> import this - Conway’s Law
- Gall’s Law — “A complex system that works has evolved from a simple system that worked.”
- A Software System Is a Living Organism — Noah Sussman, 2015
- Maxwell’s Demon: Computation is Energy
- Links between Entropy, Complexity, and the Technological Singularity — Theodore Modis, 2024
- The Rise of “Worse is Better” — “The virus-like spread of simplicity.” Richard Gabriel, 1989
- As We May Think — Vannevar Bush, 1945
- Ergodic Development — “Survival over optimization.” Kent Beck, 2025
- The Lindy Effect