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Handle parallelism safely and avoid race conditions

Verify correctness early, often, and automatically

Use CPU, memory, and storage efficiently

Follow proven standards to reduce risk

Write clean, consistent, and maintainable code

Ship changes gradually, safely, and reversibly

Keep data accurate, consistent, and accessible

Ensure recovery and continuity despite failures

Keep settings flexible, secure, and versioned

Design to handle growth smoothly and predictably

Fail gracefully and informatively

Build systems that stay dependable under stress

Optimize for speed without sacrificing clarity

Create interfaces that are intuitive, consistent, and stable

Make systems measurable, debuggable, and transparent

Design with clarity, scalability, and resilience in mind

Protect data, access, and integrity at every layer