Hacker Laws Files

Laws, theories, principles and patterns useful to developers

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Name	Modified	Size	InfoDownloads / Week
Parent folder
hacker-laws.md	2026-02-06	75.8 kB	0
hacker-laws.pdf	2026-02-06	223.5 kB	0
README.md	2026-02-06	844 Bytes	0
v0.5.0 source code.tar.gz	2026-02-06	1.7 MB	0
v0.5.0 source code.zip	2026-02-06	1.7 MB	1
Totals: 5 Items		3.8 MB	1

0.5.0 (2026-02-06)

Features

add Jevons' Paradox (4652447)
add Jevons' Paradox (607feeb), closes #430

Bug Fixes

broken all-contributors badge link (ff24778)
convert badge to HTML for proper rendering (f79f2c8)
remove all-contributors badge (872a758)

Source: README.md, updated 2026-02-06

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Hacker Laws Files

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0.5.0 (2026-02-06)

Features

Bug Fixes