Hey, they are, but Martin wrote them down! (and I surely couldn't have done it in such a clear way)

Starting at the first paragraph from his 'UML distilled' (and surely throughout his 'Refactoring') I've been easily digesting what Martin observes, suggests and advises.

Today I just clicked around over these

• AbundantMutation
• MetaphoricQuestioning
• Separation of Design and Construction

... and found myself nodding the head again.

Note to self: Maybe I should be looking out more for the times when I (totally) disagree with what is said. However I'm not the kinda guy that assumes the most interesting information-sharing and overall progress is to be found in conflict.