--- title: 7 simple habits of the top 1% of engineers | daily.dev description: Google has open sourced some of their style guides for some of its open source code. Good code is predictable and predictable. Good automated testing allows... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/7-simple-habits-of-the-top-1-of-engineers-nhcxna1bs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 7 simple habits of the top 1% of engineers | daily.dev og:description: Google has open sourced some of their style guides for some of its open source code. Good code is predictable and predictable. Good automated testing allows... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/7-simple-habits-of-the-top-1-of-engineers-nhcxna1bs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nHCxna1bs.png og:image:alt: 7 simple habits of the top 1% of engineers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 7 simple habits of the top 1% of engineers **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 6 min read · 234 upvotes · 11 comments ## Summary Google has open sourced some of their style guides for some of its open source code. Good code is predictable and predictable. Good automated testing allows teams to make changes to code without worrying about breaking something unseen. The best engineers were both communicative and not afraid to work together for the chance at a better result. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@thomashighbaugh** · 1 upvotes > Top 1%, I had flashbacks to the Occupy Wall Street movement when I saw that. > > Great article, plus nostalgia making me feel old, love it. **@cguagenti** · 1 upvotes > Nice read! **@ghost** · 1 upvotes > Nice article! 👍🏽 **@madhead** · 1 upvotes > and never stop! > >  **@varactor** · 0 upvotes > Excellent article!! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/7-simple-habits-of-the-top-1-of-engineers-nhcxna1bs) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"7 simple habits of the top 1% of engineers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-simple-habits-of-the-top-1-of-engineers-nhcxna1bs","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/7-simple-habits-of-the-top-1-of-engineers-nhcxna1bs"},"datePublished":"2023-09-16T10:25:48.956Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"Google has open sourced some of their style guides for some of its open source code. 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