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🚫 Stop Copy-Pasting Code: Write Reusable Functions Like a Pro
4 min readApr 15, 2025
Copy-paste programming is easy, but it comes with a hidden cost: code duplication. Every time you duplicate logic, you create more places to maintain, fix, and update — often leading to bugs, inconsistencies, and developer burnout.
If you find yourself pasting the same lines into multiple methods or classes, it’s time to stop and refactor. In this article, we’ll explore real-world Java examples that demonstrate how to extract and reuse logic through clean, testable, and maintainable functions.
❌ The Problem with Copy-Pasting Code
Copying code might seem efficient at first, but:
- ❌ You have to fix the same bug in multiple…
