The best advice I’ve heard about YAGNI when talking to devs is to add a Y at the end. You aren’t gonna need it Yet.
Developers want to plan ahead and YAGNI on its own is a little condescending (in an I-know-better-than-you sort of way). Adding “yet” gets the point across that it may be a good idea and it may actually be needed, just not right now. Keep it in mind or write down for when it is actually required.
Oftentimes you can look back in a month or year and realize that the extra functionality wasn’t actually needed but you are prepared for the day it is needed
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The best advice I’ve heard about YAGNI when talking to devs is to add a Y at the end. You aren’t gonna need it Yet.
Developers want to plan ahead and YAGNI on its own is a little condescending (in an I-know-better-than-you sort of way). Adding “yet” gets the point across that it may be a good idea and it may actually be needed, just not right now. Keep it in mind or write down for when it is actually required.
Oftentimes you can look back in a month or year and realize that the extra functionality wasn’t actually needed but you are prepared for the day it is needed