📝Constraints as guide rails

Developers usually see constraints as something that restricts them. However, when imposed properly, constraints can embody judgment: new developers don’t have to know the system completely and constraints will protect them from making (stupid) mistakes or subverting architecture.

See also:

• Constraints provide consistency

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