Don’t be afraid to repeat yourself!

Don’t be afraid to repeat yourself!

Repeating everything you say is an essential skill if you want to get anywhere in life. It could save you a lot of trouble. Like say you discovered the cure for cancer, and you only had one friend/acquaintance because everyone else you tried to talk to ran away because you had a giant mole or something, and you told that person and they acted all excited and happy for you so you thought you’d gotten the message across but you never found out that what they really heard was “I want to become a dancer!”. This hypothetical situation would only work if you speak with an American accent (or you pronounce cancer as KAHN-ser), but I’m sure there are millions of other examples out there. Perhaps you found out the meaning of life and you told your person and they thought you said “I’ve been cleaning my knife,” then they’d probably run away from you just like everyone else and you’d be left with no one and you’d die alone, miserable and ugly. And why? Because you didn’t repeat yourself. Continue reading »Don’t be afraid to repeat yourself!

Don’t Repeat Yourself

Don’t Repeat Yourself

Context:

Duplication (inadvertent or purposeful duplication) can lead to maintenance nightmares, poor factoring, and logical contradictions.

Duplication, and the strong possibility of eventual contradiction, can arise anywhere: in architecture, requirements, code, or documentation. The effects can range from mis-implemented code and developer confusion to complete system failure. Continue reading »Don’t Repeat Yourself