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hofstadters-law skillA

hofstadters-law is agent-read markdown (skill) from the-artificer-of-ciphers-llc/skills-from-the-artificer: Apply Hofstadter's Law when estimating project timelines, discussing why software projects are always late, helping someone plan a sprint or roadmap, or coaching on estimation techniques. Trigger on phrases like "how long will this take?", "why does everything take longer than we plan?", "our estimates are always wrong", "we keep missing deadlines", or any discussion of software estimation and scheduling. Hofstadter's Law is one of the most universally experienced phenomena in software developme.

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Source

GitHub

the-artificer-of-ciphers-llc/skills-from-the-artificer · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-13 · branch main

API

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