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[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The best refactors always remove more lines than they add. This is a horrifying ratio if no new features were included.

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Strange, I always add lines to make it more cohesive, SoC, DRY, and generalized so it is easily extensible.

In a ratio of 60:1 lines added:removed?