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munrotoday at 5:39 PM1 replyview on HN

> Rule 5. Data dominates. If you've chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming.

It's so true, when specing things I always try to focused on DDL because even the UI will fall into place as well, and a place I see claude opus fail as well when building things.


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cleavertoday at 5:46 PM

I recall a similar statement from Ed Yourdon in one of his books (90's?)

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