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But, isn't the point of Yagni that there is not such a large continuum?

But, isn't the point of Yagni that there is not such a large continuum? Isn't the argument that attempting to anticipate the future to any degree is generally a waste of time? That is the argument, but that doesn't make it true. I don't know that it requires making "architectual decisions" as much as following generally good design principles and keeping your couplings reasonably loose. Aren't these going to give much the same result in practice? But if the YAGNI advocates are correct and we can't usefully predict the future at all, how can you judge things like where to put your module boundaries and limit coupling?

Posted by Silhouette on May 27, 2015, 12:30 AM

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But, isn't the point of Yagni that there is not such a large continuum?

SilhouetteMay 27, 2015, 12:30 AM

But, isn't the point of Yagni that there is not such a large continuum? Isn't the argument that attempting to anticipate the future to any degree is generally a waste of time? That is the argument, but that doesn't make it true. I don't know that it requires making "architectual decisions" as much as following generally good design principles and keeping your couplings reasonably loose. Aren't these going to give much the same result in practice? But if the YAGNI advocates are correct and we can't usefully predict the future at all, how can you judge things like where to put your module boundaries and limit coupling?

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