Translation: I took DRY in isolation, never learned larger architectural concepts like SOLID, things that change together live together, loose coupling. Didn't

Translation: I took DRY in isolation, never learned larger architectural concepts like SOLID, things that change together live together, loose coupling. Didn't really study up on code smells and their solutions. Didn't learn design patterns and the problems they are designed to solve. Then I ran into trouble and now I blame DRY. The point of DRY is that when you need to change something, you should only have to change it once (a common code smell that comes about when not employing DRY is "Shotgun Surgery"). If the rest of your architecture is broken, DRY is not going to magically save it. That should be obvious.