Thou shalt never let a voltage to pass over the VDD and VSS towers. Thou shalt place sentinels called 'diodes' to guard the CPU citadel against those infidels, or the almighty Power Supply will inflict great pain to all your transistor souls, and unleash the four-layered dormant beast of Latchup to spread Chaos and Mayhem upon thy world.

Thou shalt always meticulously specify the destination parameter of instructions, even when thou art convinced that it is unnecessary, lest the Default leprechaun will take vengeance upon thee when thou least expect it.

Thou shalt read and heed the holy words written by the Creators in the Datasheet, lest your infidel soul will be lost without salvation.

Thou shalt be generous and feed the hungry chips with enough decoupling capacitance, very close to the VDD and VSS conveyors of Power, lest thou wilt be punished by thy miserly deeds.

Thou shalt clearly state thy Code intentions, for good nature and manners are thy friends, by using Human readable names and remarks. Be wary of the temptations to profess Obscurity and Obfuscation, because the finger of Iniquity will befall upon thee on Maintenance Day.

Practice the Good by observing the frugal limits professed by the Wise Ones in the Absolute Maximum Ratings scrolls. Greed and Lust of frolicking outside the AMR will be punished with horrible pain and banishment to Oblivion.

Behold the spiritual entities of the Analog World that instill Life in our Digital World, such as Impedance, Bandwidth, and the Stray Goblins L,C and R. Thou shalt heed Their existence, lest wilt beseech forgiveness and solder hardware ammendments to placate their fury.

Thou shalt spend a portion of thy preparation time earnestly studying the words of wisdom delivered by thy manufacturer in his data scrolls and errata. Ignorance of his word will cost you both in time and reputation.

Ensure thy digital inputs are pulled low as on bended knee or raised up high to the heavens in praise. Allow not an input to float in imitation of the angels least thou anger your god greatly.