I agree. Heuristics? They're mostly useful as training wheels, once you've solved a couple of similar problems you can probably do better using local knowledg

I agree. Heuristics? They're mostly useful as training wheels, once you've solved a couple of similar problems you can probably do better using local knowledge / pattern matching against actual experience. I remember the Bridge pattern helping me along the way, I was trying to design a GUI with multiple back ends in C++.