Engineering Practice
Overview
Engineering practices determine how readily systems can be understood, changed, and operated. This section values proportionate design, reuse, code-defined systems, automation, fast feedback, and accountability for engineering work.
Choose a principle below to read its full reasoning.
Principles
Simplicity & Maintainability
Keep systems understandable and changeable through proportionate design, clear structure, consistent code, and active maintenance.
Reuse
Evaluate existing capabilities before building a custom solution, and make reusable capabilities straightforward to adopt.
Everything as Code
Keep system definitions in version control as the authoritative source for reviewable and reproducible change.
Version Control
Keep repository branches bounded, traceable, and independent of deployment environments.
Automation
Automate repeatable work through maintained code while preserving human judgement and review for decisions that require them.
Fast Feedback
Feedback is clear, reliable, and available at the earliest effective stage.
AI-Assisted Engineering
Engineers remain accountable for AI-assisted work and apply the same standards as other engineering work.