Functions over classes? Why I prefer a simpler, functional style in Python 🐍

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Over years of building software, from scientific simulation tools like Adaptive and pipefunc to package management packages like unidep , I’ve found myself preferring a certain coding style: using small, focused functions more than large classes with complex internal state and deep inheritance hierarchies. This isn’t about dogma, but about a pragmatic approach that, in my experience,…

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