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This week I would like to address the assertion that "code is data" and how the application developer might benefit or be harmed by this idea in the practical pursuit of deadlines and functioning code. For some reason my essay written back in May, Minimize Code, Maximize Data got picked up on the blogosphere on Thursday, and comments on ycombinator, on reddit.com, and on the post itself have suggested the thesis is flawed or unworkable because "code is data." Let's take a look at that.