DRY is mostly a good thing. What complicates stuff at companies is often coupling and dependencies though. Sometimes it is way faster and better to do a bit of

DRY is mostly a good thing. What complicates stuff at companies is often coupling and dependencies though. Sometimes it is way faster and better to do a bit of copying just for the sake of removing coupling. This is largely due to the short comings of programming langs, packaging tools, CI/CD and source control.