Compendium

Here is our tailored list of Things You Should Know™ when you’re building digital products.

Also, see our Recommended Reading List

Process

• Linus’ law
• Hofstadter’s law
• Goldratt’s Theory of Constraints
• Value Stream Mapping
• Little’s Law
• Critical Path Method
• Agile Software Development

Technology

• Conway’s law
• Moore’s law
• Metcalf’s Law

Communication

• The 7-38-55 Rule
• The Two Pizza Rule

People

• Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition
• Peter Principle
• Parkinson’s Law
• Dunning-Kruger Effect

Engineering Culture

• Spotify Engineering Culture Part 1
• Spotify Engineering Culture Part 2

Computer Science

• Complicated vs Complex
• Separation of Concerns
• There are only 2 hard things in Computer Science
• Idempotent Operations

Unnecessary Math

• Big O Notation
• How to Calculate Big O Notation

Basic Computer Skills

• Learn how to type

Additional Resources

• Julia Evans’ Zines
• The Codeless Code
• Destroy All Software