---
title: "🧠 I Code Differently Depending on These 5 Project Types"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-code-differently-depending-on-these-5-project-types-vvow0dtvw
source_url: https://joel.net/i-code-differently-depending-on-these-5-project-types
type: article
source: "Hashnode"
published: 2020-11-04T04:16:50.566Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["general-programming", "open-source"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 12
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# 🧠 I Code Differently Depending on These 5 Project Types

**[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 3 min read · 12 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

There isn't a single design pattern that has a rule that says it should be used in 100% of scenarios. The priority of an Open Source project should be readability. A Proof of Concept (PoC) project's priority is development time. A PoC's application should be created as fast as possible.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@youssefrabeiii** · 2 upvotes

> Great post, TL;DR
> Project Types
>
> 1- Proof of Concept
> (main functions as fast as possible)
>
> 2- Personal (Pet Projects)
> (explore and find new tech)
>
> 3- Open Source
> (readability, design patterns)
>
> 4- Libraries
> (focus on the developer experience)
>
> 5- Enterprise Applications
> (uptime and performance)

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