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Amateurs copy and paste; pros refactor and write generic code.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Or use reusable components 
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Agreed, time to refactor,
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I don't think there's a name for it, but I do this often. If I had to call it anything it would be 'templating'.
Sometimes, even the project itself may become a template for future projects.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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ya thats called.. when you build a project that is a whole framework... when the support or customer need a new feature you just add a new control file modify the menu code .. add a new object to the class .... etc etc ... its called version 2.. don't forget the test cases
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Not sure if it is exactly the same but I would normally call it good architecture.
I don't achieve this that often but reuse of existing classes and ease of modifications is often the result of good architecture.
It is like that the mods have been predicted.
It is nice when it happens.
Makes you feel like you know what you are doing.
Good code is always better to work with.
Sometimes we do it and some times we don't.
But when it is thought out properly the architecture is there to help us.
That's my 2 cents
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Yes. Trouble is, the requirements change every day, forcing this.
It's hard to hit a moving target.
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I call it done, and move on.
Time is the differentiation of eternity devised by man to measure the passage of human events.
- Manly P. Hall
Mark
Just another cog in the wheel
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The term I use is "Oh what a relief it is." or simply "Hallelujah!" or on rare occasion "I must have done something right this time." Cheerios
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Actually this is a metric we use while developing a system.
When the majority of the "issues" are resolved with one line of code being changed.
[Now, do to formatting, a fix to a loop, that is logically a single change could count]...
But basically as code stabilizes, the amount of rework/adjustment to the existing code should decrease over time. Typically to end conditions, and such things. Resulting in fairly small changes.
It's the sign of a stable product, IMO. It is the goal. In fact, it is the goal to come out of Beta into production for us. When we are still rewriting blobs of logic, we are NOT there...
Now, the copying/pasting (refactoring) to leverage ideas from ONE area, to another area... Is conceptually similar. It usually arrives as people can EXPRESS themselves via the program itself. (Why can't we copy/paste from this grid to this grid? Why can't we get a preview button, or hover over this to see a preview like we can HERE and HERE?).
At that point, you are not debugging and fixing, you are actually improving the functionality in the direction the users want to go. THAT'S A GREAT THING. I've seen some of the most appreciated features show up in software this way. [I also believe it's why XP, and other Lightweight approaches can produce really good results quickly: They improve inter-team communication/understanding]
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So I just got off the phone with Bank of America because they sent me a replace card (unasked for) with the same card number, expiration data and CVV code. It came "Ready to use" - no activation required. In regular mail in an envelope with their logo on it.
The replacement card was issued for "tap-and-go" = and added feature which I do not want. It's a security risk and I don't want to buy an aluminum wallet and walk around with a Faraday Cage in my pocket.
Customer service didn't seem to get the point and just kept telling me it came activated because it's a replacement of the same card. Finally, I got her to put me through to the fraud people. The lady was astonished. It didn't come UPS or Fedex - just dropped in the mailbox. She's made a report (for whatever that will be worth).
These tap and go cards? Someone could intercept the mail or even take it from the mailbox. Use it without even opening the envelope and eventually return it to a (public) mailbox for re-delivery. If they kept it to local stores and smaller purchased, who'd notice.
In less than a month we've had this and Ally Bank sent not mail to us with my wife's SSN pre-typed in - for all the world to see and steal.
WTF? The scammers really don't need the extra help, but, I'm sure they're grateful.
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modified 4-Nov-20 11:18am.
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We have become our replacement cards (without Wireless Chip) per regular post. But I am not that worried.
At least the bank told us online they were sending the renewal, and it is deactivated. You have to activate it personally logging in your own account and introducing the cardnr.
No CVV Code, so they are not valid for Internet shops either...
In your case... I would have some serious words with them too.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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WHat gets me is when I ring the bank they ask me security questions - very understandable.
But when they ring me (and particularly their fraud department) they get very snotty about being asked to prove they are who they say they are. To the point where I refuse to deal with them and take a trip to a branch instead.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Worse: they ring you, and then immediately start asking you to answer security questions to prove who you are. 
OriginalGriff wrote: take a trip to a branch instead
Good luck with that - even before Covid, branches were vanishingly rare. My branch got turned into a PizzaHut, and they didn't even tell me.
I think I'll just stick with Neil's letter to the bank manager[^].
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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My credit union just opened a new branch
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Yeah - here we think totally alike. Anyone, even the pharmacy for renewals, that calls me asking for personal information doesn't get it. I try to get them to prove who they are - asking them for information . . . you know how that works out.
Banks haven't done this but the pharmacy "time to renew" prescription service asks if it's me (or Mrs) and then want me to give them the full birthday. So now, an unknown caller who knows my name has my date of birth . . . brilliant.
What gets me is that you cannot seem to get them to understand how bad these things are. No wonder hacking and fraud are so lucrative.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: the pharmacy "time to renew" prescription service
Google reminds me every fourth Saturday, and I submit the request directly to my doctors surgery via the internet. They approve it, it's collected (physically, it contains controlled drugs and legally they have to have the original paper document in their hands to prescribe) by my chosen pharmacy, and then delivered to my door.
Works really well, unless the person who knows how to use a computer at the surgery goes off sick or on holiday in which case it all gets forgotten ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Here's an interesting opposite:
In New York State all prescriptions must be sent to the pharmacy electronically - no more paper prescriptions because of controlled substance abuse.
This makes (if the doctors' office is reasonably competent) for very convenient renewals. Either the pharmacy can call and request the renewal or you can call the MD's office and ask for one. If all are lucky, the renewal comes with built-in refills.
Notice, in the preceding paragraph, the statement in parenthesis? That has been my every-growing problem. It would be another sad but entertaining post of some length culminating in me not receiving a prescription (for a no-controlled substance ) for a full three weeks after it was prescribed - all because of the Dr's offices incompetence. Luckily it was an acute condition.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote:
What gets me is that you cannot seem to get them to understand how bad these things are. No wonder hacking and fraud are so lucrative.
That's because at best you're talking with a minimum wage slave in a domestic call center. Typically limited education and thus probably unable to understand what you're complaining about in the first place; with zero ability to effect changes on one hand and whose compensation/continued employment is contingent on running you through the script as fast as possible with zero digressions on the other.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Mostly - you're right. In the case of Target, not only are you correct by their phone system seems to almost invariably route you back to the same department. The several people I spoke to, only two, deliberately, all had the same accent although I couldn't quite place it. Their job seems to be 'just make it right' and be done with it (a bit of an improvement over your worst-case scenario which is all too common).
Champaions, heretofore, in my experience for meeting and exceeding your expectations in terms of useless were Virgin Mobile and Roku. Each with their own delightful nuance to bring "sunshine" to your day.
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I always ask to have a key word/phrase added to my account if there's a chance someone will call me. That way, I ask for the key phrase from them before I'll answer any security questions.
Most companies I've dealt with support this - if the call centre person you're talking to hasn't heard about it, ask them to check with a supervisor. If the company doesn't support it, I simply ask for anything I'd need to get through to the same person from the main switchboard (name, extension, dept.), then I call back on a published number.
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