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DRY is dangerous if applied to pedantically; sometimes similar code should be allowed to exist to make overall architecture simpler, or allow similar components

by Chris2048 7y ago

DRY is dangerous if applied to pedantically; sometimes similar code should be allowed to exist to make overall architecture simpler, or allow similar components to evolve (possibly Divergantly) over time.

k_sze 7y ago
The Pragmatic Programmer also warns against overzealous deduplication. Stuff that are coincidentally the same should be left untouched. Only remove duplication of knowledge.