dwmkerr/hacker-laws resource
🧠 Laws, Theories, Principles and Patterns for developers and technologists. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
87/100
- Activity 83
- Release rhythm 84
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0
- age_days: 3142
- days_rel: 106
- days_push: 106
- n_releases_24m: 8
Adoption not part of the score
27267 stars · 1563 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A curated reference of laws, theories, principles, and patterns relevant to developers and technologists, such as Conway's Law, CAP Theorem, and SOLID. It is available as a website, markdown repository, and downloadable PDF eBook with many translations.
Use cases
- look up what Conway's Law means
- find a list of software engineering principles like SOLID and DRY
- learn laws and theories every developer should know
- download a PDF reference of hacker laws
- explain CAP theorem and the fallacies of distributed computing
- find principles like YAGNI and KISS with explanations
When to choose
- you want a quick, well-organized reference of computing laws and principles
- you need a shareable or translated summary of software engineering wisdom
- you are preparing learning material or onboarding docs for engineers
When to avoid
- you need deep academic treatment of any single topic
- you want runnable code or tooling rather than reference text
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
documentation developer-tools tutorials education cross-platform awesome-list reference computer-science software-engineering principles web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/dwmkerr/hacker-laws · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2616257c4d61
- homepage: http://hacker-laws.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · db2552086599
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| dwmkerr/hacker-laws | main | 87 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="dwmkerr/hacker-laws")
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