Robustness Principle/ Postel’s law

Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.

Herb …

Robustness Principle/ Postel’s law

Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.

Herb Bowie calls it, “a general social code for software: be strict in your own behavior, but tolerant of harmless quirks in others.”

Hold yourself to higher standards and give others room for imperfection. Be precise and intentional in your words and actions, but flexible and forgiving when others miscommunicate or stumble.

• A good example of this would be to trim excess whitespace… something so small but I didn’t do this for one of my first apps and a number of users complained they couldn’t login lol.