Engineering Standards
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
Defined expectations for how engineering work should be done, covering areas such as testing, documentation, reviews, security, and operations. In culture, standards matter most when they are actionable and actually enforced under deadline pressure.
In plain English: The agreed standards for how engineering work should be done.
Example: "The team tightened engineering standards after the third incident traced back to undocumented operational assumptions and missing tests."