And even if there happens to be, check back in six months and see what's happened. Did your beautiful design smoothly accommodate the fix for the tricky issue #

And even if there happens to be, check back in six months and see what's happened. Did your beautiful design smoothly accommodate the fix for the tricky issue #5388? Was there enough time then to update your clear documentation, or does the documentation now clearly explain something false? Did the new coworker who implemented that new feature understand the point of your design such that she was able to extend it properly while you were busy for three weeks chasing a deadlock? And so on. Beauty always fades!