My experience has been: - A file (not a pattern) is the most effective unit of code organization and navigation. - Any design, which can be split into multipl

My experience has been: - A file (not a pattern) is the most effective unit of code organization and navigation. - Any design, which can be split into multiple files in a logical and consistent manner is maintainable. A few years back, I might have cared about the issues mentioned in the original post. Looking back, many of them were just personal preferences.