hacker-laws-zh
A Chinese-language collection of well-known laws, principles and patterns that programmers often cite.
- Stars
- 12.5k
- Forks
- 1k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- —
- Last update
- 3.4 years ago
- Type
- Learning resource
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What it is
This is a Chinese translation of the hacker-laws project. It collects named ideas from software and computing, such as Brooks's Law, CAP Theorem, Conway's Law and SOLID, and explains each with a short description, examples and links to Wikipedia and related entries. The README notes that it describes these ideas without endorsing any of them.
- Look up the meaning of a named principle such as YAGNI or the DRY principle before a code review
- Find a short explanation of the CAP theorem to discuss trade-offs in a distributed system design
- Use the reading list section to choose books for further study
- Share the Conway's Law or Brooks's Law entries as talking points in team discussions
Great for
- Developers who read Chinese and want an overview of common software design ideas
- Students learning computer science concepts such as CAP theorem or the SOLID principles
- Team leads looking for shared vocabulary about project management and organization effects
- Readers who want reference links to original English and Chinese Wikipedia articles
Not ideal for
- Readers who need working code or tools, since this is a text reference with no software to run
- People who read only English, because the main content is translated into Chinese (the original is hacker-laws)
- Readers expecting step-by-step guidance, as each entry explains an idea rather than teaching a skill
How to get it
- 1
Read it online
Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/nusr/hacker-laws-zh - 2
Run it
- Open the repository on GitHub at https://github.com/nusr/hacker-laws-zh
- Read the README and browse the 定律 (laws) and 原则 (principles) sections
- Follow the links to Wikipedia pages for topics you want to explore further
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Compare the Chinese entries with the original English project hacker-laws, linked in the README
- Use the table of contents links to jump between related entries such as Pareto Principle and 1% Rule
- Read the 阅读清单 (reading list) section for books cited in the entries
Downloads
Strengths
- Covers many widely cited ideas in one place, organized by laws, principles and reading lists
- Each entry links to English and Chinese Wikipedia pages and cites examples where available
- MIT licensed and widely starred, so it is free to read and share
Trade-offs
- The README is truncated in the provided text, so the full list of entries and sections could not be verified here
- Last push was 2023-06-06, so recent changes or newer laws may not be included
- Some entries contain TODO links, and the README marks some topics as unfinished translations
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Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.