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I posted to a sibling comment to yours, but wanted to say here too - at that point it ceases to be a useful statement to ever bring up, because I've never seen
by lostcolony 6y ago
I posted to a sibling comment to yours, but wanted to say here too - at that point it ceases to be a useful statement to ever bring up, because I've never seen a discussion where everyone agreed things were the same 'piece of knowledge', and one side was saying it should be repeated. When I've heard "DRY" trotted out, it's -always- been in a situation where the other side was trying to claim/explain that they were different pieces of knowledge. Hence my statement - it's worth understanding the meaning of the principle, internalizing the lesson, as it were, but then the formulation ceases to be useful.
- dllthomas 6y agoInteresting. Our experiences differ dramatically. In my experience, misguided "could this be DRYer" is usually motivated by superficial similarity, and a focus on knowledge is clarifying. (Although as I mentioned, "yes, it's repeated, but given tradeoffs that's the best in this case at least for the moment" is still possible.)
- lostcolony 6y agoOh, no, I'm agreeing with - throwing out the statement, and instead focusing on whether or not it's a shared context, is everything. Once you understand it's the same context, you -know- what to do; you don't need to be reminded that DRY is a virtue