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Can We Please Avoid Over-Engineering - YAGNI

YAGNI Principle in Software Engineering

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Hemant Pandey
Sep 29, 2024
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As software engineers, we all have a tendency to plan for the future. We often add features or complexity to the codebase in anticipation of future needs. However, this leads to bloated, hard-to-maintain software that complicates the development cycle.

YAGNI (You Ain't Gonna Need It) principle teaches us to avoid this trap by only building what’s necessa…

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