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Which software design principles do you rely on most? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 days ago by Davy_Jones@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/programming@programming.dev
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I’m curious which software design principles you find most valuable in real projects.

Two concise summaries I’ve found:

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[–] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sparse is better than dense?

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Right, so expanding our code for better readability vs trying to make a super dense one liner.

Using human readable vars and not excessive short hand.

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Ah got it. I was thinking about dense vs sparse arrays or containers