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> However, who the hell has time to write everything twice? Nobody. The article even says, "N.B. Obviously, don't write literally everything twice. It's a heur
by dcuthbertson 2y ago
> However, who the hell has time to write everything twice?
Nobody. The article even says, "N.B. Obviously, don't write literally everything twice. It's a heuristic. Apply intelligently."
- swyx 2y agohow are we going to have a robust internet forum if we are not allowed to interpret quotes to the extremes of their meaning in order to have an easy punching bag for our comments?
- winternewt 2y agoThat's the part that made the least sense to me. If he doesn't actually mean to rewrite it twice, what does he _mean_? Copy and paste the old code? Rewrite half it? Typically (my "intelligent application") I will read the code I wrote yesterday and make improvements, is that sufficient?