Most things that are Good in the world of computing can be boiled down to: Loose Coupling and High Cohesion At all levels, macro and micro. It applies at the

Most things that are Good in the world of computing can be boiled down to: Loose Coupling and High Cohesion At all levels, macro and micro. It applies at the function level and to global distributed systems. For example, each of the letters in the "SOLID" Object Oriented patterns boils down to one or both of these principles. Whenever I'm looking for ways to improve something, I start by thinking of it in these terms.