EliminateDesignDebt

DesignDebt slows development, causes bugs to be introduced, and hinders maintenance. Therefore, aggressively reduce DesignDebt whenever possible.

Possible Techniques:

• DoTheSimplestThingThatCouldPossiblyWork
• YouArentGonnaNeedIt
• RefactorMercilessly
• CodeUnitTestFirst
• OptimizeLater

Known Uses: Possibly one of the ExtremeProgrammingPrinciples

AntiPattern: BigDesignUpFront

See DesignDebt, TechnicalDebt, ComplexityAsDebt, EliminateTechnicalDebt

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