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feat: add hofstadter's law. closes #7.
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* [Introduction](#introduction)
* [The Laws](#the-laws)
* [⭐⭐ Conway's Law](#-conways-law)
* [⭐ Hofstadter's Law](#-hofstadters-law)
* [⭐⭐⭐ The Unix Philosophy](#-the-unix-philosophy)
* [⭐The Spotify Model](#the-spotify-model)
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See also: 'The Spotify Model'.
### ⭐ Hofstadter's Law
[Hofstadter's Law on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s_law)
> It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
You might hear this law referred to when looking at estimates for how long something will take. It seems a truism in software development that we tend to not be very good at accurately estimating how long something will take to deliver.
### ⭐⭐⭐ The Unix Philosophy
[The Unix Philosophy on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy)