If there was a "Manifesto for Empirical Software Development", what might it advocate?

- Data over anecdotes?
- Experiments over debates?
- Skepticism over social proof?
- Hypotheses over opinions?
- Weight of evidence over follower counts?
- Efficacy over "That's how we've always done it"?

@jasongorman
Skepticism over social proof (or ad copy).

Actual definitions over common (mis)understandings.

Know why over knowing how.

Improving knowledge over adhering to dogma.

Actual progress over the appearance of progress.

@bigolewannabe Testable definitions 🙂