We could move away from prescriptive "programming principles" and towards ideas that empower people to use their own judgment. Instead of "Don't Repeat Yourself

We could move away from prescriptive "programming principles" and towards ideas that empower people to use their own judgment. Instead of "Don't Repeat Yourself", it could be "You Don't Have to Repeat Yourself". Now I know what I'm getting myself into here. Most people hate making their own choices and love to blindly follow simple prescriptive rules which are known by Experts to produce Good Results. But when the religious approach isn't working for you, maybe it's time to stop making your occupation a religion.