Small Defaults That Age Well

The defaults that hold up best are rarely dramatic.

They are the ones that make the next decision easier: descriptive names, plain file layouts, explicit ports, and configuration that can be read without hopping across five directories.

Many problems that look like reliability problems start as readability problems. If a system takes too much effort to remember, it will eventually be changed in a hurry.

That is why the smallest useful habit is often documentation that matches reality.