@ opi:

Ah, that makes sense. I just couldn’t resist plugging in a Metalocalypse joke in there. :)

re: Why bass?

I was under heavy influence of jazz/blues and ska. Think: Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, Les Claypod, Stanley Clark, etc. I never intended to be a part of “classical rock band”.

You did a better job of retelling my story that I did on my original piece. :o

@ astine:

Very true, you certainly can’t predict everything and over-engineering your code creates a lot of problems too. But there are certain things that can be done the right way, but a lot of time you end up half-assing them because you can get away with it. Stuff like field validation code, proper error handling, etc…

But yes, I am all for keeping the code base flexible and simple.

While doing something properly from the start is a fine goal, there’s something to be said for just shipping. It’s pretty rare that that you have all of the requirements from the get-go and your certainly can’t predict every problem that’s going to arise while your project is in production. It’s better to keep your code simple and your requirements fluid and address problems as they arise. If you have to change the UI and the users don’t like it? Well, like every Facebook user they’ll learn to deal with it.