I'm a big fan of rules and discipline in software development; as an example, see Are You a Hacker or a Designer?. Also, I'm a big fan of object-oriented programming in its purest form; for example, see Seven Virtues of a Good Object. I'm also a co-founder and the CEO of Zerocracy, a software development company through which I put my admiration of discipline and clean design into practice.
I want to encourage you to share my passion—not just by reading this blog but through making real open source software in a disciplined way. This award is for those who are brave enough to swim against the current and value quality above everything else.
ATTENTION: Submission to 2018 is open.
@itcraftsmanpl and @mafagafogigante were the winners in 2017 with php-ml (PHP) and dungeon (Java) projects. They received a cash prize of $1,024 each. More details.
@pholser and @sils were the winners in 2016 with pholser/junit-quickcheck (Java) and coala/coala (Python) projects. They received a cash prize of $2,048 each. More details.
@gvlasov was a winner in 2015 with gvlasov/inflectible Java project and a cash prize of $4,096. More details.