Very often we can make a big impact on the quality of our code base by improving some of its more minor details. This week, let’s take a look at one technique for doing such local improvements, by refactoring large functions into dedicated, rule-based systems.

Deciding whether or not to generalize a piece of code to fit more than one use case can sometimes be quite tricky. This week, let’s take a look at a few key factors that can help us strike a nice balance between being able to reuse as much of our code as possible, while also avoiding making things too complicated or ambiguous in the process.