I feel James Coplien's advice on the question is interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtHQGs3zFAM&t=500 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtHQGs3zFAM&t=50

I feel James Coplien's advice on the question is interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtHQGs3zFAM&t=500 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtHQGs3zFAM&t=500 TLDW: "refactoring your way out" from a simple but too short-sighted design might take a ridiculous amount of work, compared what would have been necessary if you knew what a "correct" design for this problem was.