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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 26 Dec 2016

    Eliminating repetitive code is such a useful heuristic that it's almost as if it had some kind of insight.

    12:58 AM - 26 Dec 2016
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      1. Roy van Rijn‏ @royvanrijn 26 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        @martinfowler Wrongly removing repetitive code by just making some random abstraction has caused us much more problems in the past

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      2. Firas Durri‏ @firasd 26 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        maybe real insight is when you let duplicate code occur early on because you are waiting to discover more about generic commonalities

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      1. Alan Fineberg‏ @professionalaf 26 Dec 2016
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        here's an example of DRY humor

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      1. Grateful Geeks‏ @GratefulGeeks 26 Dec 2016
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        I like how this thread has 16 replies...on Christmas. True coders. :-)

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      2. you're in prod db  🎃‏ @itamarok 26 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        Sometimes it feels like rearranging the apt, but at the end the apt actually becomes more spacious, and you can find things.

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      3. you're in prod db  🎃‏ @itamarok 26 Dec 2016
        Replying to @itamarok @paulg

        I had the pleasure of disassembling a 1700 line controller the other day. Downright therapeutic. :-)

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      1. Gary Willmott  🙌‏ @garywillmott 26 Dec 2016
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        that's why we love lazy coders. 🚀 http://urbian.co.za/blog/why-we-love-lazy-coders/ …

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      1. Alex Iskold  🗽‏ @alexiskold 26 Dec 2016
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        simplifying anything especially by removing redundancy is gratifying.

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      1. CommonAccord‏ @CommonAccord 26 Dec 2016
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        _Recognizing_ repetition is an analytic act. Making shoulders for giants.

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      1. Nolan  🚀 👉 ❤ :/‏ @sneakin 26 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        doesn't that lead to repetitive data?

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      2. Grateful Geeks‏ @GratefulGeeks 26 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg

        Eliminating repetition forces you to ask how each repetition slightly differs. It clarifies the API you're building.

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      3. Krisztina Hirth‏ @YellowBrickC 27 Dec 2016
        Replying to @GratefulGeeks @paulg

        searching for repetitions makes me ask myself which behavior needs the repetitions?

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      4. Grateful Geeks‏ @GratefulGeeks 27 Dec 2016
        Replying to @YellowBrickC @paulg

        "Write code that passes all tests, then refactor immediately. Don't refactor before then, nor delay til later." Agree?

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      5. Krisztina Hirth‏ @YellowBrickC 27 Dec 2016
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        100 %

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      1. Elian Gidoni‏ @eliangidoni 27 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg @martinfowler

        Eliminating code is such a useful heuristic, period :-)

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      1. Samantha Atkins‏ @samanthaatkins 26 Dec 2016
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        Although I have gone too far in 'useful abstractions' and lost the thread at times.

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      1. Зимняя Рыбалка‏ @nonaem00 26 Dec 2016
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        taking this to the level of absurd reads: "lift the codebase into SKI-calculus" :)

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      1. Valentin T Mocanu‏ @ValentinTudor 26 Dec 2016
        Replying to @paulg @martinfowler

        .. or .. repetitive code is a prove for lack of insight for both software engineering and/or business domain.

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      1. Valentin T Mocanu‏ @ValentinTudor 26 Dec 2016
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        or... refactoring is ...

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