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@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ live and in-use: all the foreign keys and relationship cardinalities.
 <p>And, you may be surprised to discover, we have given a lot of thought into how to make it easier for you 
 to <a href="../computing/contribute.html#programming">get involved in the programming</a> while not screwing up this multi-decade software project.
 
+<h3>Style</h3>
+<p>Keeping a systematic approach is crucial to maintainability. When making design decisions, we prioritise ease of maintenance for inexperienced programmers over clever code or using "exactly the right" python idiom.
+  <p>See <a href="https://www.seangoedecke.com/taste/">Good taste in software engineering</a> - we prioritise <em>long-term</em> (decades long) maintainability, not any of those other things.
+
 <h3>Kill it with Fire</h3>
 <a href="trogkill.html">
 <img  border="1" class="onright" width="150px" src='../i/dumpsterfire.jpg' alt='dumpster fire'/></a>