# veltman/principles

Things to keep in mind when making stuff for the web

Repository: https://github.com/veltman/principles
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/principles
License Family: other
Last push: 2014-01-07T22:39:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4625, "days_push": 4621, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1281, forks 48 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:13.851847+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of principles and best practices for building things for the web, covering design, UI, and development wisdom. It is a personal opinionated guide rather than software.

## Use cases
- learn web design best practices
- checklist for building web apps
- guidelines for accessible and usable web UI
- advice on mobile-friendly web design
- principles for making shareable URLs
- web development tips and pitfalls to avoid

## When to choose
- you want concise, opinionated guidance on web design and UX
- you are reviewing a web project for common usability mistakes
- you want a quick reference of web development dos and don'ts

## When to avoid
- you need executable code, a library, or a framework
- you need an authoritative or comprehensive standards document
- you require actively maintained or community-governed guidelines

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: web-development, web-design, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: best-practices, web-design-principles, guidelines, ux, accessibility, web-server

## Member repositories
- veltman/principles (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.851847+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:02:34.094112+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/veltman/principles (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.851847+00:00, sha 1b6e0f73ebd1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.