It has been more than a few minutes since I posted a Coding Rule, so I thought it was high time I did. There are at least two things I’ve previously written about as important but didn’t elevate to Rules. Both have been bugging me; they should be rules. Today (and a week from now) I’m correcting that oversight.

To be honest, this Rule is so important, I’m not sure why I didn’t make it the third one. Rule #1 and Rule #2 are definitely more important, but the ones currently listed as #3 – #5 are not as important as today’s (they are very important, though).

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