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Copy-Paste Tax

The extra maintenance cost created when the same code or copy is repeated everywhere.

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slangboostor-essentialboostor-slangvibecoder

Copy-Paste Tax shows up when one wording, style, or bug has to be fixed in ten places because it was duplicated instead of shared.

ELI5

If you write the same note ten times, you must fix it ten times.

In practice

Move repeated UI, labels, or logic into a component, data file, or helper when repetition starts slowing changes.

The Lexiqueterm 158 / 810

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Copy-Paste Tax

The extra maintenance cost created when the same code or copy is repeated everywhere.

Filed under

slangboostor-essentialboostor-slangvibecoder

Copy-Paste Tax shows up when one wording, style, or bug has to be fixed in ten places because it was duplicated instead of shared.

ELI5

If you write the same note ten times, you must fix it ten times.

In practice

Move repeated UI, labels, or logic into a component, data file, or helper when repetition starts slowing changes.