manifesto.md

The Helix Manifesto

The Helix PACT is:

• Product Experience #p
• Architecture & Technology #a
• Culture & Team #c
• Tools of the trade #t

Open Meritocracy #c

We are a meritocracy, input from others, and reviewing PRs and contributing to other projects are a priority.

Open Source #c

If we don't have a good reason why something should be private, it should be public.

Diversity #c

We are a diverse team in every respect.

No Meetings #t

(Virtual) Get-togethers, Show-&-Tells and hackathons only.

Async; but timely #c

We respond quickly and friendly. Even if it is just an ack.

More code, less blah, blah #c

Code wins. Everybody codes. Commits.

Intuitive, Simple & Consistent #p

In that order.

Available, Secure, Compliant #a #p

Always.

Ops reliability wins #a

Simple, Fast and Up beats elegant.

Global By Design #p

As global as the web with regards to languages, delivery, and performance

Latency is not an option. #p

Uncached things are fast. <300ms fast. always.

APIs first #a

Everything has an API, REST of course.

Serverless #a

period.

Service, not Software #a

We build and operate a service. Pager Duty for everyone.

Slack, GitHub issues, email archive #t

Discussions and decisions are open, asynchronous and archived.

CI/CD #t

Results of commits can be seen in a production environment in 60 seconds or less.

Closed Loop #c

Listen closely to user feedback. Measure qualitatively and quantitatively.

Reluctant Dictator #c

Whether he wants it or not, the dictator has the last word on product and architecture

Calibrated Risk-Taking #c

Wrong decisions lead to deprecation. Continously.

Extensible Delivery #p

URI, CSS, Client Code, Feature Flags, Limits ... Edge ...

Embrace Authoring where it happens #p

Github, Google Drive, One Drive and more ...

JavaScript et al. #a

Languages that are main streamed on our platforms.

Copy/Paste not drag and drop #a

Remember a good drag and drop experience on mobile?

Frying Architecture #a

Output is assembled on request.

Lighthouse Score #a

The goal is 100. Don't give it up.

Lean and Mean #a

Less code is better. Actively manage the dependency graph to an absolute minimum.

Opinionated, but Open #a

a.k.a. polished, but tweakable.

Local Development #t

Support for simple local development is imperative. Low entry barrier.

Don't let your doc/sheet get weird #a

Documents (html, md, docx, gdocs, xlsx, gsheets) are intuitive and understood by humans.