# Practical principles for building better software

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/practical-principles-for-building-better-software/680722>\
**Category:** tech news\
**Created:** [April 21, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/practical-principles-for-building-better-software/680722 "2026-04-21T13:00:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![VaultBoy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/vaultboy/32/31832_2.png) [@VaultBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VaultBoy)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/practical-principles-for-building-better-software/680722/1 "2026-04-21T13:00:38Z")

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A pretty solid little collection of software engineering heuristics - the kind of stuff that sounds obvious until you’ve watched a team spend three sprints discovering it the hard way.

> **[Laws of Software Engineering](https://lawsofsoftwareengineering.com)**
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> A collection of principles and patterns that shape software systems, teams, and decisions.

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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/practical-principles-for-building-better-software/680722/2 "2026-04-21T14:35:16Z")

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That tracks