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Random rules of thumb
Merlin Mann | Feb 15 2005
A bunch of “rules of thumb,” via Google, natch.
The best rule of thumb I always remember is from a book of the same name that’s probably out of print. I think of it every time I skulk around the house acting like a dissatisfied crank:
Got a good, (non-dirty) rule of thumb to share? Update 2005-02-16T11:11: Sharp-eyed GH noticed the wonderful Rules of Thumb books are available used on Amazon. Awesome. Check out the comments for interesting background from the books' editor. 27 Comments
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 Hey, it's really neat to...Submitted by Clifton Royston (not verified) on March 17, 2005 - 2:00pm.
Hey, it's really neat to stumble on this. I wrote and sent in a few computer programming rules of thumb for the original book, in response to the original request in Coevolution Quarterly - besides the couple under my name, I was one of many who sent in the Fred Brooks time allotment rules, and the "10 debugged lines/day" rule. I was then an arrogant 22 year old living in Tonga in the South Pacific and it was something to do. I've looked back at them and despite having only 6 years pro experience when I wrote them, and despite all the changes in computer hardware, languages and software over the last 20+ years, many of the programming rules hold up very well. "Write as much of the program as possible in the highest level language available" is still good advice - I used that as developer guidelines on my last project, Scora antispam software (linked). » POSTED IN:
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