Dry Memes

DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) is that sacred programming principle where you write code once and reuse it everywhere instead of copy-pasting like a maniac. So naturally, when faced with the temptation to buy a second box of cookies—which would be, you know, repeating yourself—you resist. Because principles matter. Even when they make absolutely no sense outside of your IDE. Your grocery bill thanks you, your waistline thanks you, but your soul knows you're just one refactoring session away from buying the entire cookie aisle and calling it "abstraction."

Ancient wisdom meets modern code reviews. The sage speaks truth: your reluctance to follow DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) isn't laziness—it's because you haven't figured out the right abstraction yet. Copy-pasting code three times? That's just being cautious. Prematurely abstracting before you understand the pattern? That's how you end up with a 47-parameter utility function that nobody understands and everyone's afraid to touch. Sometimes repetition is honest work until the universe reveals what actually belongs together. KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) beats a bad abstraction every single time.