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Ask HN: Article with title like “Don't code with broken window?”

There was an article posted to HN within the last 12 months or so I'm trying to remember. Unfortunately I didn't bookmark it so lost it. The title or at least the article content was about the "broken window" theory applied to code. The website has a white background, with a red line at the top. The links at the top are also in red. Overall an aesthetic site. I believe the articles author is Dutch with a name that starts with a Y. Can't remember many other details. Hoping someone knows the one I mean.

chunkles 5y ago
Doing a quick search this is the only potential article I found that might match. https://www.artima.com/articles/dont-live-with-broken-windows https://www.artima.com/articles/dont-live-with-broken-window... A link to the search itself. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=true&query=Broken%20window&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru...
- lloydatkinson 5y ago
  Unfortunately not this one but thank you
- lloydatkinson 5y ago
  Found it! https://yordi.me/don-t-live-with-broken-windows/ https://yordi.me/don-t-live-with-broken-windows/
busbus 5y ago
I can’t tell you what is that website, but the concept of broken window reminds me a book that talked about it: https://www.amazon.fr/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master/dp/020161622X https://www.amazon.fr/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master... (No affiliation)
- muzani 5y ago
  It's Tip 5 (of the new version). Likely some article wrote about it to reflect the point.
taxcoder 5y ago
Perhaps <http://amortizedcost.net/theory-of-broken-windows-applied-to-the-code-base/ http://amortizedcost.net/theory-of-broken-windows-applied-to...>? Did you try searching "broken windows" rather than "broken window"?
- lloydatkinson 5y ago
  Found it! https://yordi.me/don-t-live-with-broken-windows/ https://yordi.me/don-t-live-with-broken-windows/
lloydatkinson 5y ago
Found it! https://yordi.me/don-t-live-with-broken-windows/ https://yordi.me/don-t-live-with-broken-windows/

chunkles 5y ago

Doing a quick search this is the only potential article I found that might match. https://www.artima.com/articles/dont-live-with-broken-windows https://www.artima.com/articles/dont-live-with-broken-window... A link to the search itself. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=true&query=Broken%20window&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru...

lloydatkinson 5y ago
Unfortunately not this one but thank you
lloydatkinson 5y ago
Found it! https://yordi.me/don-t-live-with-broken-windows/ https://yordi.me/don-t-live-with-broken-windows/

busbus 5y ago

I can’t tell you what is that website, but the concept of broken window reminds me a book that talked about it: https://www.amazon.fr/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master/dp/020161622X https://www.amazon.fr/Pragmatic-Programmer-Journeyman-Master... (No affiliation)

muzani 5y ago
It's Tip 5 (of the new version). Likely some article wrote about it to reflect the point.

taxcoder 5y ago

Perhaps <http://amortizedcost.net/theory-of-broken-windows-applied-to-the-code-base/ http://amortizedcost.net/theory-of-broken-windows-applied-to...>? Did you try searching "broken windows" rather than "broken window"?

lloydatkinson 5y ago
Found it! https://yordi.me/don-t-live-with-broken-windows/ https://yordi.me/don-t-live-with-broken-windows/

lloydatkinson 5y ago

Found it! https://yordi.me/don-t-live-with-broken-windows/ https://yordi.me/don-t-live-with-broken-windows/