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what is so "architecture" about constants?

• CaveTech 2y ago
  The millions of websites designed without using them. This insight was lost at some point, even if it seems obvious in retrospect.
• HexDecOctBin 2y ago
  Consultancy money. Why should Robert Cecil Martin have all the fun? Other Martins want in. There should be some research into how many code bases have been ruined by these panacea peddlers.
• motorest 2y ago
  > what is so "architecture" about constants? I'm all for simplifying the indecipherable, but this is a case where things need to be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. Design systems determine how everything looks and feels, and this means specifying a number of things together, such as what colors a button has, how it looks when pressed and hovered, how dialogs look, what is dark mode or light mode, etc. Calling this "constants" is simplistic and a sign you are commenting on problems you know nothing about.
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• skybrian 2y ago
  Compare with Cue, Jsonnet, etc. Systems for sharing configuration settings can get pretty elaborate when it’s done at scale.