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by kiwiandroiddev 1963 days ago
Nice. I like the distinction the author identified - coincidentally similar vs. fundamentally similar code. I think the passage of time is sometimes the only way to tell the difference between the two. More specifically, by seeing if the code changes in all places for the same reasons.

I wrote an article on this that came to similar conclusions: https://coderefinery.nz/2019/01/28/beyond-dry-why-redundancy...