bliki: Yagni

Yagni originally is an acronym that stands for “You Aren't Gonna Need It”. It is a mantra from ExtremeProgramming that's often used generally in agile software teams. It's a statement that some capability we presume our software needs in the future should not be built now because “you aren't gonna need it”. Yagni is a way to refer to the XP practice of Simple Design (from the first edition of The

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"it does not apply to effort to make the software easier to modify"