Thoughts on minimize code and maximize data philosophy

Question

I have heard of the concept of minimizing code and maximizing data, and was wondering what advice other people can give me on how/why I should do this when building my own syste

Answer 1

One of five maxims under the Unix Philosophy, as presented by Rob Pike, is this:

Data dominates. If you have chosen the right data structures and organized things well, the algorithms will almost always be self-evident. Data structures, not algorithms, are central to programming.

It is often shortened to, "write stupid code that uses smart data."