A philosophy of simplicity, modularity, consistency, and craft. Over the past several years, stdlib has grown from a small collection of utilities into a large, highly modular system for scientific computing in JavaScript and on the web. Along the way, we've made thousands of small decisions about APIs, naming, performance, package boundaries, and implementation strategies. Individually, those decisions may seem minor. Collectively, they define the character of the project. As the project has grown, it's become increasingly important to make those underlying principles explicit not just for maintainers, but for contributors and users who want to understand how and why stdlib is the way it is. Today, we're introducing the Zen of stdlib : a set of guiding principles that capture the philosophy behind the project. Why a "Zen"? This is not a style guide. It's not a checklist. And it's not meant to be followed dogmatically.…