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Serguey Asael Shinder
Serguey Asael Shinder

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Consistency Beats Cleverness

Ten clever solutions in one file
is ten things to relearn.

One consistent pattern, repeated,
is one thing to learn once.

Clever surprises the reader.
Consistent lets them predict.

A codebase should feel like
it was written by one calm person.

Boring on purpose.
Same problem, same shape, every time.

– Serguey Asael Shinder

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