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by m463 1053 days ago
I think one lesson newer programmers fail is that sometimes copy/paste is not only OK, but preferred.

One time this is good is when helping others get up to speed. Other people can copy/paste your examples and be functioning right now.

But if you have a function that you put in to eliminate some duplication, they have to understand this new abstraction layer before they can start working.

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Better to have no abstraction than the wrong abstraction!