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The software design principle of avoiding duplicated logic.
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Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by research-stage coverage, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.
Evidence (1)
- 5Hacker News·8/4/2026researchClean Code Rules Can Hurt Performance
The article argues that several widely taught “clean code” guidelines can lead to measurable performance costs, especially when they encourage polymorphism, small single-purpose functions, and indirection. It illustrates the point with a shape hierarchy example and compares the runtime implications of the design choices.