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I am certain Ovid knows this, but it's worth presenting a
counterpoint. I have two rules for this situation:   • Code
should be as maintainable as possible at all points in the
development cycle.   • Code should do only what is absolutely
necessary at the current state of the development cycle. By
maintainable, I mean that the intent of the code is evident,
there is no duplication, and the names of items and any comments
are sufficient so that a decent programmer can fix bugs or add
features.  By absolutely necessary, I mean that there is no code
that "might be used at some point in the future". If you don't
need a feature now, don't pay for it yet. If you're writing an
IRC client, don't add a web browser until it's absolutely
necessary.  The not-so-subtle difference is that I argue to put
off taking advantage of the possibility of modularity until you
actually need to re-use a functi