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You should duplicate code when pattern frequency is low and requirements are unstable. Applying the Rule of Three helps decide whether to duplicate code by waiting for three stable occurrences before extracting a shared abstraction.

A wrong code abstraction typically creates coupling, indirection, and maintenance pain. You can identify it by evaluating behavioral differences across modules and checking whether the abstraction simplifies or complicates the codebase.

To refactor a bloated helper function, you should inline the abstraction, prune optional parameters, and re-extract clean abstractions only after stable patterns emerge across the codebase.

Yes, the Rule of Three applies to UI component refactoring. It helps evaluate pattern stability and occurrence frequency to recommend inlining, selective extraction, or retaining a facade for your components.

The best way to evaluate a facade pattern is by assessing requirement stability and behavioral differences. This determines whether to retain the facade, inline the code, or re-extract a cleaner abstraction.

Premature abstraction causes maintenance pain because it introduces unnecessary coupling and indirection before stable requirements and behavioral patterns have emerged across the duplicated code.