Ignacio Alonso

“Your job is one of synthesis; you must combine an overall understanding of your application’s requirements with knowledge of the costs and benefits of design alternatives and then devise an arrangement of code that is cost effective in the present and will continue to be so in the future.”
― Sandi Metz, Practical Object-Oriented Design: An Agile Primer Using Ruby

“Does this behavior help me become the type of person I wish to be? Does this habit cast a vote for or against my desired identity?” Habits that reinforce your desired identity are usually good. Habits that conflict with your desired identity are usually bad.”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

“Successful entrepreneurs take who they are and what they already know and create surprising combinations.”
― Gary Erickson, Raising the Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business: The Story of Clif Bar Inc.

“In a small application, poor design is survivable. Even if everything is connected to everything else, if you can hold it all in your head at once, you can still improve the application. The problem with poorly designed small applications is that if they are successful, they grow up to be poorly designed big applications.”
― Sandi Metz, Practical Object-Oriented Design: An Agile Primer Using Ruby