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The article argues that while code reuse and DRY can boost productivity, over‑abstracted, duplicated logic often inflates maintenance costs, so developers should apply DRY cautiously, favor YAGNI and heuristics like the Rule of Three, and prefer clean‑architecture boundaries to keep complexity manageable.
The article argues that in early development stages, a small amount of code duplication should be tolerated, warning against premature DRY abstractions that can lead to over‑engineered designs, and advises waiting for genuine common patterns before introducing shared abstractions.
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