yagni – Today's Card

Don’t create “poltergeist” classes.

They’re useless.

You aren’t gonna need it.

YAGNI. Believe it.

Kent Beck’s Rules of Simple Design, #4

The code must minimize the number of classes and methods.

Kent Beck’s Rules of Simple Design, #1

The code must run all the tests.

Agile Principles #10: Keep it simple, stupid.

Simplicity — the art of maximizing the amount of work not done — is essential.

Don’t add unnecessary code.

Many people do this for a variety of reasons. Don’t be one of them.