I guess you could say: Make it good. Just don't make it _too good_. Not all code needs to be super general, extensible, and re-usable. However, all code needs

I guess you could say: Make it good. Just don't make it _too good_. Not all code needs to be super general, extensible, and re-usable. However, all code needs to be simple and elegantly designed, and unit tested. It needs to not smell.