This repository contains templates for source code and other file types.

A general maxim is to avoid writing boilerplate code, to abstract away common functionality into libraries and to use high-level languages to avoid repeating oneself.

Of course, some repeating elements remain, either because the language is not as high-level as one might wish or because it is essential.

For example, a minimal LaTeX document usually uses the same document class (a minimal one) and likely a common package for including random text. A cmake build specification, although being high-level, usually follows a template. Adding licensing information one probably cannot avoid adding boilerplate.

2016, Georg Sauthoff mail@georg.so