If you're interested, I think PG's "Hackers and Painters" (http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html) does a good job of expressing th

If you're interested, I think PG's "Hackers and Painters" (http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html) does a good job of expressing the concept, and "The Power of the Marginal" (http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html http://www.paulgraham.com/marginal.html) has some good insights. Also of interest is ESR's "Basics of the Unix Philosophy" (http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html) which gives some idea of how to produce quality code as you go, without separating out architecture.