maybe add: "the universe is winning" (in the design department). Full quote: "software engineers try to build "idiot-proof" systems, while the universe creates "bigger and better idiots" to break them. So far, the universe is winning"

Many of these laws are trade-offs to be assessed on a case by case basis. Everybody has a different subjective view and you need to be willing to compromise otherwise you'll be very sad working with other people.

There is also https://hacker-laws.com.

The wadsworth constant is missing :| https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/kxtzp/and_so_th...

With the current AI wave, a fun question to ask is: which of these laws do people think no longer apply.

Since the site is down, you can use the archive.org link:

https://web.archive.org/web/20260421113202/https://lawsofsof...

I wonder if it's usual for other professions/fields to have this tendency to create laws/aphorisms so ingrained. I'm biased as software engineer but it seems to me that is more common in computer science than others.

Time to mention my tongue-in-cheek law:

> When describing phenomena in the social world

> Software Engineers gravitate towards eponymous 'laws'.

https://pincketslaw.com/

This website seems heavily inspired by https://lawsofux.com/