This article is acting like DRY means "never repeat yourself in any circumstance". And it's easy to come up with counter-examples if that's your starting point.

This article is acting like DRY means "never repeat yourself in any circumstance". And it's easy to come up with counter-examples if that's your starting point. While there are certainly some DRY proponents that treat it like that, most discussions I've seen advocating for DRY treat it as a rule of thumb. There are always exceptions, but DRY will steer you in the right direction more often then not.