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		gerbilly on Jan 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Special Cases Are a Code Smell I used to have a math teacher in high school who would say: "When a mathematician doesn't have what he wants, he re-arranges things so as to get it." Basically he meant, if the problem isn't presented in a way that makes it convenient to solve, rearrange the problem fist, then solve it. A classic example of this from high school math would be: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Completing_the_square

rahimnathwani on Jan 25, 2019 [–]

"If I need to add a new function and the design does not suit the change, I find it’s quicker to refactor first and then add the function."

https://martinfowler.com/books/refactoring.html

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