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Oh, look! Sandi Metz is back, reminding us that duplicating code is actually the new cutting-edge strategy 🤡. Because why not copy-paste your way to success instead of enduring the horror of THINKING through an abstraction? 🙄✨ #Innovation
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The Wrong Abstraction — Sandi Metz

I've been thinking about the consequences of the "wrong abstraction." My RailsConf 2014 "all the little things" talk included a section where I asserted: > duplication is far cheaper than the wrong abstraction And in the summary, I went on to advise: >

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Kerrick Long (blog)Dec 4, 2025

Re: Emily Bache on Ward Cunningham’s Fearless Refactoring

When I was a younger developer, I thought I knew how to make code better by, as the kids would say today, following vibes. Much later, a coworker gave me a copy of Martin Fowler's Refactoring. I regret how long I put off reading it. Even later, I read Sandi Metz's 99 Bottles of OOP and learned just how safe refactoring could be. Fearless refactoring is a skill that must be learned, and it is almost a superpower! […]

https://kerrick.blog/posts/2025/re-emily-bache-on-ward-cunninghams-fearless-refactoring/

Re: Emily Bache on Ward Cunningham’s Fearless Refactoring - Kerrick Long (blog)

Emily Bache on LinkedIn: "I recently heard a story about Ward Cunningham coding[..]" When I was a younger developer, I thought I knew how to make code better by, as the kids would say today, following vibes. Much later, a coworker gave me a copy of Martin Fowler's Refactoring. I regret how long I put

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#20books20days 02/20

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> 20 books that have had an impact on who you are. One book a day for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just book covers (don't forget the alt text).

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99 Bottles of OOP by Katrina Owen, Sandi Metz

"Everybody complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it." Likewise, everyone has...