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The leap from this:

> That coworker who never stops refactoring

to this:

> Fred is more interested in providing value to other developers than to users.

is not so clear to me, while the article assumes it to be self-evident.

I personally like refactoring even though I work on the codebase alone. I do it because refactoring allows me to ship features faster (in aggregate), and allows me to create a better overall experience for users. I care only about the end result for the users, and this necessitates that I keep the code clean and succinct.




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