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The Wrong Abstraction — Sandi Metz

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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: >

The Wrong Abstraction I originally wrote the following for my Chainline Newsletter , but I continue to get tweets about this idea, so I'm re-publishing the article here on my blog. This version has been lightly edited. 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 : prefer duplication over the wrong abstraction This small section of a much bigger talk invoked a surprisingly strong reaction. A

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