None of these are habits. they might be considered skills. The only two skills on there that are useful are involving users, and looking around. Elegant abst

None of these are habits. they might be considered skills. The only two skills on there that are useful are involving users, and looking around. Elegant abstractions? Meh, so long as its simple and works. What they are not designing? Pfft. if you can't create a clear spec, then you shouldn't really be designing "as you are such an expert, what is missing?" 1) Communication. If you can't communicate, then you aren't helping 2) Documentation. If its not documented, then its not designed 3) consistency. Just because there are new and shiny thing, doesn't mean you should slam them in. 4) pragmatism. All choices have tradeoffs. Limit the innovation to get things done in time. There are more, but this is all I can think of right now.