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Re:Ask HN: How to avoid over-engineering software design for... by 1337shadow on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:07AM (#23625401)
"Fantastic" or "The only way" ? has anyone seen a case of refactoring without test end well ? I haven't.

Seems like that "refactoring untested code" would be a well established recipe for disaster.

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Re:Ask HN: How to avoid over-engineering software design for... by MaxBarraclough on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @04:48AM (#23625677)
> "Fantastic" or "The only way"?

Not sure if it counts as a 'way', but a static type system helps too.

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