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infogulch on Sept 2, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: XRss – RSS Reader and web stack demo

The jury is out. Fwiw I found it surprisingly easy to add new features. My intuition is that there's a complexity asymptote that the code naturally reaches over time, and it won't get any worse.

What do you think about: https://htmx.org/essays/locality-of-behaviour/

cabalamat on Sept 3, 2023 [–]

Locality of behaviour is, on the whole, a good thing.

I say "on the whole" because there are always counterexamples to any maxim. The article realises this and mentions 2: DRY and SoC.

Writing good software is often a matter of taste.

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