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[โ€“] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This is exactly how I feel too. A little bit of repetition is totally worth it, versus having inappropriate coupling, or code that jumps in and out of parent/child classes everywhere so you can hardly keep it in your head what's going on.

I freely accept that I AM a mediocre dev, but if that lends me to prefer code that is comprehensible and maintainable then I think being mediocre is doing my team a favour, honestly.

[โ€“] grendel84@tiny.tilde.website 1 points 9 hours ago

@tiramichu
It's this mentality that shows you aren't mediocre. Simplicity requires more skill, not less.
@mesamunefire