Re:My favorite principle for code quality
by michaelcampbell on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @05:32PM
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A recent quote by Evan Czaplicki of Elm fame that I've come to like; "Abstraction is a tool, not a design goal."
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Re:My favorite principle for code quality
by madeofpalk on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @08:30PM
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Comments along this line are my favourite in our industry. Harry Roberts said, back in 2014, "Modularity, DRY, SRP, etc. is never a goal, it’s a trait. [...] but understand that they’re approaches and not achievements". This advice has stuck with me ever since.