A more formal look at this is Ousterhout's _A Philosophy of Software Design_ which has been specifically discussed extensively here: https://news.ycombinator.

A more formal look at this is Ousterhout's _A Philosophy of Software Design_ which has been specifically discussed extensively here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27686818 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27686818 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37975558 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37975558 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31248641 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31248641 including more peripherally: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34733120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34733120