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Ask HN: How do you separate intentional test boilerplate from real duplication?
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this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2026
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TBH I would not use a duplicate code detector at all. That would solve the problem. I tend to find excessive deduplication to be a bigger problem then have some unnecessary duplication.
If you need a tool to find duplicate code you are probably down the route of excess. They only really time you need to deduplicate code is when it causes a problem for maintenance. Then it is typically trivially easy to find it without a special tool.