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Re:Dramatically Reducing Software Vulnerabilities [pdf] by newman314 on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:29PM (#12645344)
I even have a tag line for you: "Do better with less"
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Re:Dramatically Reducing Software Vulnerabilities [pdf] by guessmyname on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @05:16PM (#12647968)
Ironically, that's the jQuery slogan [1]: Write less, do more

[1] https://jquery.com/

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Re:Dramatically Reducing Software Vulnerabilities [pdf] by userbinator on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @09:52PM (#12649590)
...while relying on more.

Using frameworks/libraries often can reduce the amount of code one has to write to perform a certain task, but it also can greatly increase the total complexity of the system. The OP is talking about reducing total complexity, which may mean increasing local complexity slightly.

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