Programmers, which of these shortcuts do you use?

[dahukanna@mastodon.social]

@evan don’t so much copy and paste previously written code but rather reuse modular abstractions with a defined, tried, real-world tested functionality and interface e.g. since 2011 I’ve used the same/similar runtime logger abstraction wrapper for contextual application runtime debug/trace/info/warn/error/fatal messages.

[mrpotatoqc9@jasette.facil.services]

@evan

For the first option, what about D.R.Y. ?

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@Mrpotatoqc9 what about the Rule of Three?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_three_(computer_programming)

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@dahukanna Do you use a packaged module or library, or is it just the same source code that you copy over?

[evan@cosocial.ca]

Hey, all. I do all 4. Thanks for the responses!

[dahukanna@mastodon.social]

@evan
The example I gave is code I reuse by copying and pasting. I’d only go through packaging + distribution + versioning “tax” if I was sharing for other team/people to reuse.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@dahukanna That makes a lot of sense!

[evan@cosocial.ca]

Also, to everyone who got tricked into saying they use LLMs: GOTCHA! You fell for my AI trap. Bonk! Go directly to LLM jail.

[groupnebula563@mastodon.social]

@evan unironically I knew this was some sorta honeypot, and I’m all for it

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@GroupNebula563 it wasn't, but I did realise after that it probably felt high-risk for people on the Fediverse.