# hassanhabib/The-Standard

This is The Standard. A collection of decades of experience in the engineering industry. I authored it to help you navigate the vast ocean of knowledge. The Standard is not perfect and never will be, and it reflects the ongoing evolution of the engineering industry. While one person may write it, it is the collection of thoughts from hundreds of engineers I've had the honor to interact with and learn from throughout my life.

Repository: https://github.com/hassanhabib/The-Standard
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/the-standard
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-05-08T13:21:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 81, release rhythm 59, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2108, "days_push": 117, "days_rel": 119, "gap_med": 124, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1243, forks 225 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:06.721415+00:00)

## What it is
The Standard is a written collection of software engineering principles, design theories, and architecture guidance distilled from decades of industry experience. It is a documentation-style knowledge resource rather than executable software.

## Use cases
- learn software design principles
- improve system architecture skills
- find engineering best practices
- study object-oriented design guidelines
- onboard junior engineers to solid engineering standards
- understand dependency and exposure principles in design

## When to choose
- you want opinionated, experience-based guidance on software design and architecture
- you are teaching or learning engineering fundamentals
- you want a reference for consistent code and system design standards

## When to avoid
- you need a runnable library, tool, or framework
- you want neutral, consensus-based standards rather than one author's philosophy
- you need language-specific coding conventions

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: engineering-principles, system-design, best-practices, software-architecture, educational

## Member repositories
- hassanhabib/The-Standard (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.721415+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 2026-08-30T05:08:19.276450+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hassanhabib/The-Standard (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:06.721415+00:00, sha f6a6a297dc4e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.