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Covers actionable concepts like the rule of three (refactor only after writing code three times), "make it work, make it right, make it fast" prioritization, idempotency, single responsibility principle, and maintaining one level of abstraction per function. Emphasizes writing code that's easy to reason about rather than prematurely optimizing, with practical examples showing how to apply these principles during daily coding. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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