Haha, that's an interesting coincidence. I initially clicked into a few that didn't have exceptions listed and just picked that one when writing my comment. I just copied/pasted the beginning and didn't expect the extra section there.

Being able to stack rank principles is interesting. I think in practice, different principles apply to different use-cases and systems. There may be a certain set of principles for "critical" functionality pieces, but maybe a different set for features like reporting (such as staleness of data).

Amazon's leadership principles aren't specific to engineering, but they keep competing ones with tension between them all the same (e.g., "Bias for Action" vs "Insist on the Highest Standards").