Re:Don't DRY Your Code Prematurely
by foresto on Thursday May 30, 2024 @01:38PM
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> Readability doesn't matter much when you have 10,000+ lines of code. You aren't going to read all that code,
As someone who has read 10,000+ lines in order to track down surprising behavior in other people's code, I can say without a doubt that readability still matters at that scale.
Code management systems can sometimes be helpful, but they are no substitute.
As someone who has read 10,000+ lines in order to track down surprising behavior in other people's code, I can say without a doubt that readability still matters at that scale.
Code management systems can sometimes be helpful, but they are no substitute.