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I would have taken it more seriously if he addressed security and unit tests. His perspective here is sophomore. He is right, but not because of what he wrote
by blazespin 10y ago
I would have taken it more seriously if he addressed security and unit tests. His perspective here is sophomore. He is right, but not because of what he wrote. DRY isn't just about abstractions, it's about the cost of writing new code. And testing and security verification are hidden costs to duplicated code.
- dang 10y ago> His perspective here is sophomore. An HN comment usually gets surprisingly better if you take the name-calling bits out of it. I'd say that's the case here.
- hueving 10y agoI understand that it was a bit blunt, but isn't referring to a perspective as 'sophomore' just another way of saying it was short sighted or that it doesn't take the broader ramifications into account?
- dang 10y agoYes, but to my ear it also includes a putdown, along the lines of 'juvenile' or 'childish'. That's why I referred to it as name-calling.