This true, but it is not very helpful advice for a novice programmer. DRY is pop...

		citrin_ru on July 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DRY is an over-rated programming principle? This true, but it is not very helpful advice for a novice programmer. DRY is popular because it is easy to follow. There are even tools which look for similar chunks of code in multiple places (and some companies put such checks in CI which IMO a bad idea).