[dav]

I have three maxims that basically power all my decisions as an engineer:

1. The three C’s: Clarity always, Consistency with determination, Concision when prudent. 2. Keep the pain in the right place. 3. Fight entropy!

So in the context of the main example in this article, I would say you can try to improve clarity by e.g. wrapping the existing auth code in something that looks nicer in the context of your new endpoint but try very hard to stay consistent for all the great reasons the article gives.

[ctxc]

It's got a nice ring to it :)