TLDR Dev · OPINIONS & ADVICE

DON'T BUILD THE REUSABLE COMPONENT YET

stackoverflow.blog6 min read

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Similar-looking workflows can have different failure modes, audit requirements, and owners, so combining them too early creates flags and coordination costs. Wait until a pattern appears three times for the same reason before extracting it, while sharing stable primitives, design tokens, accessibility behavior, and standards-driven utilities from the start.