Why flush rules on init?

Rules shouldn’t be flushed on every page load. This prevents custom post types from working, unless you flush again after they’re created. It should only be done on activate.

function wpmm_activate() {
  global $wp_rewrite;
  $wp_rewrite->flush_rules();
}

add_action('init','wpmm_activate');

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