"I try to optimize my code around reducing state, coupling, complexity and code, in that order."
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11042400
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"I'm willing to add increased coupling if it makes my code more stateless. I'm willing to make it more complex if it reduces coupling. And I'm willing to duplicate code if it makes the code less complex. Only if it doesn't increase state, coupling or complexity do I dedup code."
