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		darkchasma on Feb 9, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In Defense of Copy and Paste If your code is starting to look ugly, refactor it. If your refactoring is looking ugly, stop, you're doing it wrong. If a test breaks because of your refactoring, stop, you're doing it wrong. I call this the Don't be Stupid principal.

lanstein on Feb 9, 2013 [–]

principle

darkchasma on Feb 9, 2013 | [–]

Lol. Do I look less stupid if I say it's my principal principle?

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