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		dkottow on July 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DRY is an over-rated programming principle? DRY is mostly fine in code, but does not hold for data. There, inmutability and audit trails win over DRY, in my opinion.

goto11 on July 7, 2022 [–]

A single source of truth is even more critical for data. It is the principle behind normalization.

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