Writing Consistent Tools February 20th, 2019 "Style is a set of different repeated microdecisions, each made the same way whenever it arises, even though the context may be different. [...] I believe that consistency underlies all principles of quality." -- Frederick P. Brooks, The Design of Design With the above quote in mind, I strive to be eventually consistent in writing simple tools and support, implement, and consider the same interface, options, features, and behavioral traits where reasonably possible. These properties not surprisingly align with the Unix Philosophy, and some of them I've coveredbefore. However, perhaps as a reminder to myself, here are my