# Your Framework, Your Rules: Why I Use Extends for Everything

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**Created:** [March 17, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/your-framework-your-rules-why-i-use-extends-for-everything/87890 "2026-03-17T15:00:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alyssa\_Foley](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/alyssa_foley/32/182_2.png) [@Alyssa\_Foley](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alyssa_Foley)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/your-framework-your-rules-why-i-use-extends-for-everything/87890/1 "2026-03-17T15:00:05Z")

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Originally published at: [Your Framework, Your Rules: Why I Use Extends for Everything – Xojo Programming Blog](https://blog.xojo.com/2026/03/17/your-framework-your-rules-why-i-use-extends-for-everything/)  
   
Over the weekend, I was deep into a side project, parsing a massive server log dump. Strings were everywhere: timestamps were mangled, JSON blobs were half-broken…I kept writing these clunky utility calls, nesting functions inside functions, my code was turning into a sideways pyramid of parentheses. Then I remembered&nbsp;Extends. It’s one of those features that…