"One technique for making software more robust is to minimize what your software depends on – the less that can go wrong, the less that will go wrong. Minimizin

"One technique for making software more robust is to minimize what your software depends on – the less that can go wrong, the less that will go wrong. Minimizing dependencies is more nuanced than just not depending on System X or System Y, but also includes minimizing dependencies on features of systems you are using." From http://nathanmarz.com/blog/principles-of-software-engineering-part-1.html http://nathanmarz.com/blog/principles-of-software-engineerin...