This ignores the cost of replacing code. I agree with your point that you should focus on the problem at hand, and not make code too generic, but if you only ma

This ignores the cost of replacing code. I agree with your point that you should focus on the problem at hand, and not make code too generic, but if you only make specialized code with the idea of “we can rewrite or replace it later” you will end up with a lot of specialized code that is never rewritten.