Empistencyms Best Practice 2: The Art of Over-Engineering

Warning: This page is for experts only. Proceed with caution.

As an Empistencyms Master, you're probably already familiar with the art of over-engineering. But, just in case, let's review the basics:

• Always add 3-5 redundant if/else statements to every loop.
• Use 5-7 nested if statements to determine the color of every pixel.
• Never, ever use a switch statement. They're just for amateurs.
• Use 3-5 layers of indirection to call every function.
• And, of course, always, always use 10-15 global variables per function.

For advanced Empistencyms practitioners, we recommend exploring the dark arts of:

• The Art of Over-Engineering 2: The Dark Arts
• The Art of Over-Engineering 3: The Over-Over-Engineering