Be Nice And Write Stable Code

Stop rearchitecting your code! The professional developer values stability over "code purity." Instead of pursuing a Shangra-La vision of code perfection with each and every release, just be nice and write stable APIs. In this post, I talk about taking practical steps toward writing code that remains stable over time.

The Non-Goal

It is completely unhelpful to begin with a suggestion like this:

When you write code, make it future-proof.

If history teaches us anything, it's tha...