🧱 The 10 Software Engineering Acronyms You MUST Know
Learn what they mean: SOLID, SRP, OCP, LSP, ISP, DIP, KISS, EAFP, LBYP, BDD, TDD, CI/CD, DRY, YAGNI, SOC
SOLID. KISS. DRY. YAGNI… In software engineering, acronyms aren't just shorthand; they represent powerful ideas that drive quality and efficiency.
We need to know them to write code that lasts.
This post cuts through the jargon to reveal the practical power behind 10 of them.
Some may even jokingly suggest we adopted acronyms to prompt LLMs with fewer tokens, all to save water 😛
⭐ In this post, you'll learn
What they mean.
Why ignoring them leads to pain.
How to use them to make your code better, starting today.
🧠 #1 SOLID - A set of five design principles
"Single Responsibility, Open/Closed, Liskov Substitution, Interface Segregation, Dependency Inversion."
SOLID is an acronym for five design principles that promote cleaner, more maintainable software. These principles help software engineers write code that is easier to understand, exten…