IxDF Open Handbook
Open handbook for developers (Laravel+JS) created by the IxDF tech team.
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IxDF Zen Code
Development
- Explicit is better than implicit.
- Delegate work to tool when possible.
- Simple is better than complex.
- Complex is better than complicated.
- Flat is better than nested.
- Errors should never pass silently.
- There should be one (and preferably only one) obvious way to do it.
- It should be easy to do run popular actions.
- Bad stuff should be difficult to do.
- If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
- If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Team
- We celebrate our achievements and encourage everyone to contribute.
- We all have decision-making authority, and everyone in the team is committed to each other's success.
- We have a flat hierarchy; everyone does everything possible to never fail one another.
- We don't punish anyone for making mistakes.
- We care about communication; we believe the "how" in communication is as important as the "what".
Productivity
- We believe motivation and productivity come naturally when you work on something you're passionate about.
- We are action-oriented and strong believers in the maxim "ideas are worthless without execution."
- We have enormous degrees of freedom because we are able to live up to that responsibility.
- We finish what we have started; we don't feel good until we've carved a unicorn out of the monster.
- We know that even small tasks can give us emotional rewards when we know why we are doing them.
- We set audacious but achievable goals by breaking them into small and concrete plans.
- We welcome critique; we use our mistakes in a constructive way to become stronger.
Community
- We exist, because our community exists.
- Our codebase reflects the high expectations of our community.
- We constantly reshape our platform and codebase based on our community's needs.
- We believe our platform and community will make the world a better place.