If 25% of your code is boilerplate, then I'd think it's time to invest in better tools, libraries and abstraction. What happened to "don't repeat yourself?" H

If 25% of your code is boilerplate, then I'd think it's time to invest in better tools, libraries and abstraction. What happened to "don't repeat yourself?" However writing the code is just such a minor component of developers' time, if an 25% improvement in efficiency is desired, I'd think no time at all can be spent anymore on writing the code.