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Programming practices that increase total code volume lead to more bugs and less performance.

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@cmuratori Generally speaking that’s a good principle.

@cmuratori Generally speaking that’s a good principle.

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  • URL: https://x.com/unclebobmartin/status/1691407659923042304
  • Author: Uncle Bob Martin (@unclebobmartin)
  • Posted: 2023-08-15 11:13:05

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@cmuratori

Generally speaking that’s a good principle. But it’s not an absolute. At some point reducing code volume starts to increase coupling.

@KentBeck’s advice works well for me.

First make it work.
Then make it right.
Then make it small and fast.

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