Re: [xml-dev] How to be nimble, agile in the face of changingtechnologie

[John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>]

Petite Abeille scripsit:

> Fair enough. FWIW, my personal experience is the exact opposite:
> pointless, bloated, big design up-front, busy work which never gets
> anything done. But as always, YMMV.

Believe me, I've had plenty of experience of that.  If you truly aren't
going to need something, YAGNI is a huge win.  But there's no reason to
pretend that just because this is only the first report you are writing,
that there won't be hundreds more reports.

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