This is a good point. Modularity is the key to managing complexity. Unfortunately, I think writing a good architecture is harder than writing good code at the l

This is a good point. Modularity is the key to managing complexity. Unfortunately, I think writing a good architecture is harder than writing good code at the local level (because most developers have less experience at writing code in the large). And projects with a good initial architecture tend to diverge as developers add new features and introduce new dependencies. They often don't understand the original design and want/need to get things done quickly.