fowler-yagni-refactoring
Apply when a team wants speculative flexibility: future-proofing, plugin architectures, or abstract interfaces for extensibility with no current use case. Pairs YAGNI with refactoring: build only what's needed now and refactor safely when new needs arrive.
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