> Rules like DRY or keeping line counts low are based on surface metrics and definitely lead people to over-fit the model based on incomplete information. The

> Rules like DRY or keeping line counts low are based on surface metrics and definitely lead people to over-fit the model based on incomplete information. The principles are actually sound, but letting metrics drive the design process is a problem all on its own. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law