Software engineering techniques that non-programmers who write a lot of code can benefit from — the DRY WIT approach

Data scientists, statisticians, analysts, researchers, and many other professionals write a lot of code.

Not only do they write a lot of code, but they must also read and review a lot of code as well. They either work in teams and need to review each other’s code, or need to be able to reproduce results from past projects, be it for peer review or auditing purposes. And yet, they never, or very rarely, get taught the tools and techniques that would …