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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 ....

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