The Laws of Magic

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Three concrete rules: Law 1 — ability to solve problems with “magic” is proportional to how well users understand it and it recommends using Swift’s type system, availability annotations and compiler-errors-with-replacements plus documentation and unit tests; Law 2 — limitations matter more than powers so impose constraints to drive creativity; Law 3 — deepen existing features before adding new ones. The count: three laws plus a revealed “zeroth law” to make things awesome.

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" chapters (8)

1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:15Brandon Sanderson
3. 2:39iPhone
4. 4:48The First Law of Magic
5. 6:59Guiding Users with Diagnostics
6. 9:47The Second Law of Magic
7. 13:17The Third Law of Magic
8. 16:03The Laws of Magic

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