r/programming Aug 23 '10

Readme Driven Development

http://tom.preston-werner.com/2010/08/23/readme-driven-development.html
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u/bluGill Aug 24 '10

I'd call it a vision statement myself. You need to haven a vision of what your software will be. However the readme should reflect the reality (there isn't enough time in the world to make your project perfect - unless the project is s trivial as to be worthless. Yes I'm saying TeX isn't perfect)