One of the things that I've learnt is that the world isn't clear-cut enough for YAGNI[1] all the time, and that it's usually worth building things slightly more

One of the things that I've learnt is that the world isn't clear-cut enough for YAGNI[1] all the time, and that it's usually worth building things slightly more generic/flexible than the original ask, because it's rare that the original requestor understood the problem enough first time round. [1] https://martinfowler.com/bliki/Yagni.html https://martinfowler.com/bliki/Yagni.html