Sometimes it is better to implement something without all the bells and whistles.

An evocative way to Simplicity is good - the phrase ”worse is better” can be a guide when it comes to implementing features or functionality on a given application or class. When you’re coding it feels good sometimes to add features, even if it comes at the expense of Conceptual Integrity, it can feel good to have covered some oblique use case, even if YAGNI.

In reality, it’s usually better to do one thing, and do it well. That doesn’t mean do one thing, and include all possible hypothetical features of that thing. It’s okay, and perhaps better, to let it “feel” worse.


Source

  • Wikipedia article “worse is better”