This reminds my of my own pet-peeve when it comes to good practices being abused: DRY: DRY in the sense where "I have three nested ifs, but to avoid I have to

This reminds my of my own pet-peeve when it comes to good practices being abused: DRY: DRY in the sense where "I have three nested ifs, but to avoid I have to compare against this variable three times so my code now is simpler. RIGHT?"