# \[Blog post\] Rustacean principles

**URL:** <https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/blog-post-rustacean-principles/15300>\
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**Created:** [September 8, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/blog-post-rustacean-principles/15300 "2021-09-08T18:54:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/blog-post-rustacean-principles/15300/8 "2021-09-10T20:52:34Z")

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> [@kinrany](#):
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> So ideally the principles will read less like a set of commandments and more like a how-to manual.

It’s pretty important to me that the principles not be abstract. I was figuring that examples, stories, and quotes would be the best way to make that things concrete. I don’t know how much we’ll be able to find _measurable_ quantities for everything.

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