While decoupling is good, I think this is totally backwards with regard to how that should be done. It is very easy to engineer something which is agnostic to

While decoupling is good, I think this is totally backwards with regard to how that should be done. It is very easy to engineer something which is agnostic to the design. It is nearly impossible to design something (well) which is agnostic to the engineering. When confronted with a new thing your mind immediately goes to "how do I build this" because from your past experience you know that's both the hard part and what is going to dictate everything else. Yes you will likely choose to do things in a way you know makes sense which will limit how much you are challenged by the overall process because that's the rational thing to do when your goal is to get stuff done. There's an argument to be made this approach is good for when you are deliberately trying to get out of your comfort zone and try new things for funsies. Exercise requires you to deliberately add resistance to your progress. This is great for a weekend project. But it shouldn't be your standard workflow.