Yes; exactly. There's value in a Schelling Point[0], and in a pattern language[1].
> requires literally none
True, yes. There isn't infinite value in these things, and "duplication is far cheaper than the wrong abstraction"[2], but they can't be avoided; they occupy local maxima.
Yes; exactly. There's value in a Schelling Point[0], and in a pattern language[1].
> requires literally none
True, yes. There isn't infinite value in these things, and "duplication is far cheaper than the wrong abstraction"[2], but they can't be avoided; they occupy local maxima.
0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_point_(game_theory)
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_language
2. https://sandimetz.com/blog/2016/1/20/the-wrong-abstraction