--- title: 3 software development principles I wish I knew earlier... description: Discussion about "3 software development principles I wish I knew earlier in my career" on daily.dev - join the developer community canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/rzyimrt7y twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 3 software development principles I wish I knew earlier in my career | daily.dev og:description: Discussion about "3 software development principles I wish I knew earlier in my career" on daily.dev - join the developer community og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/rzyimrt7y og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RZyImRt7y.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 3 software development principles I wish I knew earlier in my career **[Engineering Leadership](https://daily.dev/sources/engineeringleadership)** · [@petarivanovv9](https://daily.dev/petarivanovv9) · 367 upvotes · 18 comments ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@shantanumethikar** · 6 upvotes > Good blog! Thanks for sharing! > I think the example for KISS is a poor one, since the line just above example says about having more lines but the preferred example actually has lesser. I got the gist, but probably wording or example could be improved. **@stevenharrisdev** · 4 upvotes > DRY is over used and has be come an anti pattern. It's ok to repeat yourself. I definitely do not recommend implementing a premature abstraction like this article suggests. Generics should rarely ever be used. Requirements often change and if you abstract too early it effects your ability to update the code. **@kashyapprajapati** · 3 upvotes > good learning , thank you for sharing , i know only Dry but today i know kiss & YAGNI .once again thanks man 🧑🏻‍💻📒 **@lambda\_joe** · 3 upvotes > Applying DRY anywhere you can will add coupling in places it's not necessarily desirable. "Single Source of Truth" is a better pattern in this regard. **@ghost** · 3 upvotes > DRY isn’t about code; it’s about knowledge: https://x.com/tomasz_ducin/status/1863674922918150438 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/rzyimrt7y) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/rzyimrt7y","headline":"3 software development principles I wish I knew earlier in my career","text":"Shared: 3 software development principles I wish I knew earlier in my career","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rzyimrt7y","datePublished":"2025-05-11T10:11:12.893Z","dateModified":"2025-05-11T10:11:12.897Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Petar Ivanov","url":"https://daily.dev/petarivanovv9","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--wKref-so--/f_auto,q_auto/v1703256469/avatars/avatar_7Gt6fIspQR8UFOCBJBaf3","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":2700}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":367},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":18}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/KQ1LVSNr5"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Good blog! 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