Hardcoding is good. Embrace hardcoding.
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But I want my abstractions working now
Only if you are realllly careful to check it before it escapes into the world.
I'm a big believer in ad hoc architecture of code but you do have to gradually make it logical and extensible in the ways it promises to be extensible.
Grug agree. Grug not see why you make program more complicated if hardcode work.
