Perfect Abstractions Ctrl-C Ctrl-V

YOU HAVE TO FIND THE PERFECT ABSTRACTIONS AND NEVER REPEAT YOURSELF AND DERIVE ALL YOUR BUSINESS LOGIC PURELY FROM CONFIGURATION ctrl-c, ctrl-v

A man in a Superman shirt appears to yell beside a polished-looking man labeled “ctrl-c, ctrl-v.” The joke contrasts the ideal of deriving business logic purely from elegant abstractions with the practical habit of copying and pasting code. It is used as a reaction to software engineering advice that sounds principled but is routinely ignored.

• @dev_meme / 2099 2020-09-27