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 Writing Good Code: The Importance of Easy Deletion and Debugging

The article highlights the importance of writing code that is easy to delete, rather than focusing on making it easily expandable. This approach allows for greater flexibility in software development, enabling developers to make changes without impacting existing code. Feature flags, a technique used by Google Chrome, enable the decoupling of feature releases from merging branches and deploying code.

Source: https://programmingisterrible.com/post/139222674273/write-code-that-is-easy-to-delete-not-easy-to