# Forde's Tenth Rule, or, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and ❤️ the State Machine"

<http://raganwald.com/2018/02/23/forde.html>

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## What Jamie wrote

Good introduction to state machines and how they are used in programming to deal with complexity. If you are around programmers and have heard state machines referenced this is a good introduction to the concepts and benefits.

## Facts

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## Appears in

- [WT43: Weekly Thing #43 / Mar 3, 2018](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/43/), Programming

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