> It's pretty easy to get burned going either direction Quite true, though I'd argue that YAGNI is still true as a probabilistic maxim. You'll make the "will I

> It's pretty easy to get burned going either direction Quite true, though I'd argue that YAGNI is still true as a probabilistic maxim. You'll make the "will I need it" decision many thousands of times in your career. If you follow YAGNI consistently[1], it will help you more often than it hurts, and you'll come out ahead in the long run. [1] But nobody is saying you should ignore concrete evidence that you will need something later. That's its own cargo cult. If there's good reason to believe YAGNI doesn't apply in a particular case, don't follow it in that case.