silentbugs

Which part exactly is being slowed down by these filters? Could you post a link to the bug report if it's public?

In other news, tomorrow marks the official 30 day countdown to Y2K. Are we in real trouble? Find out more on the 9 o'clock news.

Exactly.

DRY and YAGNI are two basic concepts I've always tried to work with. Do I need this piece of code more than once? Should be extracted/created in a separate place. Would I need this in other projects? Library.

YAGNI is most likely directly conflicting with most of what's mentioned, if the developer simply asks themselves: do I really need this? Will this project benefit from having separate layers of abstraction for things that are most likely never going to change?

I always think twice before writing a single line of code, with the main point of focus being if future me (or anyone who reads that piece of code) will be able to understand and change things, if needed.

But the reason you're not brute forcing passwords on your bank's e-banking system isn't because you can't or because they are super secure, it's because if you do you'll probably go to jail.

Also, good regulation is important to keep the big dogs on a leash and to have something to go after them when they don't behave.

Technological solutions will of course come, but you also need regulation, especially until the technological solutions come.