> I disagree.

So... the wrong abstraction, no matter how bad, is better than code duplication?

If you read my original comment I said pretty much this, yes.

> I would go as far as to say that any abstraction you can maintain (that is in active maintenance, I mean) is better than code duplication once you are past a de minimis threshold.

I appear to be in a solid minority thinking this. But I'm OK with it. I'm probably not going to write a blog post.