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📣 lloydatkinson

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.


  👤 busbus Accepted Answer ✓
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...

(No affiliation)


👤 chunkles
Doing a quick search this is the only potential article I found that might match.

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=tru...


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