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Cognitive load is also present from vastly duplicated code and config: having to remember to update or take into consideration 20 other places in your codebase
by q3k 7y ago
Cognitive load is also present from vastly duplicated code and config: having to remember to update or take into consideration 20 other places in your codebase any time you make a change.
- api 7y agoYes, both extremes can increase cognitive load. The ideal is simple, effective, parsimonious abstractions, but that's much easier said than done. I was just arguing that adding a lot of complexity to reduce duplication is an exercise in diminishing returns pretty fast.