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# The Code It Yourself Manifesto
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We use software for our everyday needs because we want to get
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something done. We have goals to achieve and things to do.
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The software we use is coded by brave programmers that have
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their own goals. Most of the time there is an overlap between
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their goals and ours.
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Over time these will diverge.
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This means that the tools we depend on grow features we don't
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use or understand. There will be bugs in these code parts which
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will prevent us from reaching our goals.
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So we are at a fork in the road:
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- We have the choice of trying to understand the code and
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fix it.
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- We have the choice of trying another program, whose
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creator's goals are closer to ours.
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- We also have the choice of coding the software ourself.
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All but the last path mean endless seeking, evaluating and
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further deviation from our goals. Therefore we replace programs
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we do not understand fully with our own implementation.
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The followers of the Code It Yourself Manifesto believe in
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these things:
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- We implement it according to our own goals.
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- We make mistakes and learn from them.
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- We learn how our tools we depend on need to work.
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- We gain a deep understanding of our problem domain.
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- We still embrace sharing of ideas and code.
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Sharing is only possible if we are excellent developers to
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each other. The next developer reading our code will be us
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in a not so distant future. Coding It Ourselves means we will
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document our code, clearly stating the goal of the software
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we write.
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Together we enjoy the diversity of implementations and ideas.
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We encourage our colleagues to
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**Code It Yourself.**
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----
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Written by Christian Kellermann on 2016-01-12, licensed under
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a CreativeCommonsAttribution-ShareAlike3.0UnportedLicense.
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Original text taken from
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http://pestilenz.org/~ckeen/blog/posts/ciy-manifesto.html
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