Just as many best-practices can be applied too early, they can also be applied too late. DHH's rant could just as easily be aimed at too-late application of suc

Just as many best-practices can be applied too early, they can also be applied too late. DHH's rant could just as easily be aimed at too-late application of such practices. I've found that when I deliberate over these kinds of questions too much it's usually because my design is not quite right, and that when I eventually discover an elegant design the path to flexibility presents itself in an optional and unobtrusive way. Many designs are possible but the right design is often the one that is easy to think about at various levels of complexity.