The Discipline of De-Duping Code

Published

2021-02-04 00:00

Collected

2026-07-04 11:11

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id: 2884
title: "The Discipline of De-Duping Code"
source_domain: hackerone.com
source_url: "https://www.hackerone.com/blog/discipline-de-duping-code"
published_at: "2021-02-04T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["code-review", "best-practices", "refactoring", "software-engineering", "dry"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2884"
lang: en
---

# The Discipline of De-Duping Code

## Summary

PullRequest reviewer Alvin Lee argues code de-duplication is a discipline rather than a line-count exercise: DRY habits make code easier to debug, maintain, and modify over time.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hackerone.com
- **Published:** 2021-02-04T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.hackerone.com/blog/discipline-de-duping-code
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2884