Thank you for the tips! SOLID has indeed been an excellent tool in dealing with this. Unfortunately, there are a few issues at my current day job that make even

Thank you for the tips! SOLID has indeed been an excellent tool in dealing with this. Unfortunately, there are a few issues at my current day job that make even your principles a band aid. 1) We have a "project board" composed of non technically inclined managers who set deadlines independently, this has resulted in an environment where everything is for yesterday. Once something works, I'm already late for the next thing. 2) My teammates are not really well versed in SOLID principles, so my good boilerplate project I've set up at the beginning of the product cycle has already been mangled (I wish I had time for mentoring). Indeed, it is our duty to raise these issues but if you are powerless to change the org structure it is best to let go (and update your CV). I'm just venting a bit here I hope you don't mind :)