<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> </p><p>Any field:<br />1. Spot a pattern.<br />2. Rigorously categorize it within an abstract taxonomy.<br />3. Force all discussion to use the taxonomy.<br />4. Rewrite all instances of the pattern to use the vocabulary of the abstract taxonomy.<br />5. Rebuke any instances of the pattern that are not expressed in the categories of the taxonomy.</p><p>Generic expert advice: "Or, you could just not do any of that."</p>
