Developers Need to Stop Turning Advice into Rules

Whether it is Goto, DRY, Scrum or Encapsulation, the developer community tends to get fanatical about any sensible advice.

One of my frustrations with observing trends in software development over the last few decades is the tendency for the developer community to become extremists in relation to almost any sensible advice.

DRY, or Don’t Repeat Yourself, is simple, good advice. It states:

“Every piece of knowledge…