Hacker Laws Files

Laws, theories, principles and patterns useful to developers

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Name	Modified	Size	InfoDownloads / Week
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hacker-laws.md	2026-05-19	77.3 kB	0
hacker-laws.pdf	2026-05-19	225.9 kB	0
README.md	2026-05-19	357 Bytes	0
v0.6.0 source code.tar.gz	2026-05-19	1.7 MB	0
v0.6.0 source code.zip	2026-05-19	1.7 MB	0
Totals: 5 Items		3.8 MB	0

0.6.0 (2026-05-19)

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add Second-System Effect (040453d)
add Second-System Effect (99b1ae8)

Source: README.md, updated 2026-05-19

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Hacker Laws Files

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0.6.0 (2026-05-19)

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