Zen of Web

This is a collaborative effort to document the subtleties of building applications on the Web. The idea took inspiration from the Zen of Python. Please feel free to edit/add items below:

• Default to open
• Less is more
• Everything is broken
• View the source Luke
• Keep it simple
• Pave the cowpaths
• Small pieces, loosely joined
• No permission needed
• Follow your nose
• Everything is intertwingled
• The world is your audience
• You GET what you need
• Resource-oriented (vs. service-oriented)
• Tagsoup tastes good
• A resource can be anything
• Caching is your friend

If it turns into a useful list it could be turned into a collaborative code4lib2011 lightning talk or something.