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← Code written to be reusable before there is anything reusing it is likely to be reusable in the wrong way.

8 connected korrents · 9 moments on record from 28 May 2014 to 26 Aug 2026.

Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Code written to be reusable before there is anything reusing it is likely to be reusable in the wrong way. Code written to be reusable beforethere is anything reusing it islikely to be reusable in the wrongway. CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2014-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Duplication is cheaper than the wrong abstraction, so code should not be made reusable before there are real examples of what the reuse has to do. — tap to centre the map on it Duplication is cheaper thanthe wrong abstraction, so codeshould not be made reusablebefore there are real examples… SM Sandi Metz — holds since 2016-01-20 — tap for who they are CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2014-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: You cannot really understand the code you write unless you are also the one operating it. — tap to centre the map on it You cannot really understandthe code you write unless youare also the one operating it. CM Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The programming practices taught as best practice are ruinous for performance and should not be followed. — tap to centre the map on it The programming practicestaught as best practice areruinous for performance andshould not be followed. CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2023-02-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The specific rules taught as clean code are simply bad programming practices, and they get worse when you apply them together. — tap to centre the map on it The specific rules taught asclean code are simply badprogramming practices, andthey get worse when you apply… CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: What trips up newcomers to Rust is not the code but the shape of their data. — tap to centre the map on it What trips up newcomers toRust is not the code but theshape of their data. AR Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows everything down for everyone. — tap to centre the map on it Code and files generated bytools are pollution:hand-writing them is worth theeffort because the bloat slows… DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2019-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coding models are worst at exactly the thing an AI research explosion would need: code that has never been written before. — tap to centre the map on it Coding models are worst atexactly the thing an AIresearch explosion would need:code that has never been… AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Writing lines of Python or C++ may stop being necessary; understanding how code, computer systems and products work will not. — tap to centre the map on it Writing lines of Python or C++may stop being necessary;understanding how code,computer systems and products… ES Elizabeth Stone — holds since 2026-07-19 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Code written to be reusable before there is anything reusing it is likely to be reusable in the wrong way. Holds Casey Muratori Read this korrent →