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There is a lot of truth to DRY but it has been distorted by becoming completely obsessed with it as if it was some end to reach, rather than any other property
by esailija 4y ago
There is a lot of truth to DRY but it has been distorted by becoming completely obsessed with it as if it was some end to reach, rather than any other property with its own tradeoffs.
And its not just developers, but even some companies are also obsessed with removing "waste" by sacrificing everything just to minimize any kind of seemingly duplicated effort without ever considering if it's actually cheaper to do so..
When DRY is shown as high ideal somewhere, how often do they also mention the tradeoffs like tight coupling and premature abstraction?