From 23ac9f57b9b4c761cb8edc5bfa0c0de77ec89326 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Silvio Rhatto Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 14:06:22 -0300 Subject: Change extension to .md --- suckless.md | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+) create mode 100644 suckless.md (limited to 'suckless.md') diff --git a/suckless.md b/suckless.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..853f2c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/suckless.md @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +[[!meta title="The suckless agenda"]] + + Laws of Computer Programming: + 1. Any given program, when running, is obsolete. + 2. Any given program costs more and takes longer. + 3. If a program is useful, it will have to be changed. + 4. If a program is useless, it will have to be documented. + 5. Any given program will expand to fill all available memory. + 6. The value of a program is proportional the weight of its output. + 7. Program complexity grows until it exceeds the capability of + the programmer who must maintain it. + + -- fortune(6) + +# Subpages + +[[!inline pages="page(suckless*)" archive="yes"]] + +# Guiding principles + +Suckless: future-proof, present-friendly. + +* [The Critical Engineering Manifesto](https://criticalengineering.org). +* [Software rot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_rot). +* [The Mutt E-Mail Client](http://www.mutt.org/): "All mail clients suck. This one just sucks less". +* [The Future Programming Manifesto](http://alarmingdevelopment.org/?p=893). +* [Unix philosophy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy). +* [KISS principle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle). +* [suckless.org software that sucks less](http://suckless.org/). +* [principles - IndieWebCamp](http://indiewebcamp.com/principles). +* [Reduce, reuse, recycle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_hierarchy): + * Reduce: favor the simplest solutions and focus attention on specific problems; + * Reuse: work from experience and favor examples of current practice; + * Recycle: encourage modularity and the ability to embed. [reference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microformat#Design_principles). + +## Contributions to the agenda + + Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to + be maintained. + + -- The Tao of Programming + +* [Security Specs](https://manual.fluxo.info/specs). +* [Static site generation](/static). +* [Metadot](https://metadot.fluxo.info) to manage dotfiles along with [a locally-installable applications repository](https://inception.fluxo.info). + +## Stuff currently being observed + +* [Neovim](http://neovim.io). + +## I should not install a software if + +I can solve my problem using: + +* A terminal and the related userland. +* A text editor like `vim`. +* A version control system like `git`. +* A clean data format like markdown, yaml, dot or CSV. -- cgit v1.2.3