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Re:DRY is an over-rated programming principle? by dkottow on Thursday July 07, 2022 @11:43AM (#32015502)
DRY is mostly fine in code, but does not hold for data. There, inmutability and audit trails win over DRY, in my opinion.
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Re:DRY is an over-rated programming principle? by goto11 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @12:23PM (#32015984)
A single source of truth is even more critical for data. It is the principle behind normalization.
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