[marcosdumay]

> Blindly following anything -- especially nuanced, process-driven ideological frameworks -- is a recipe for a disaster.

Yep. That's the point, that's why I pointed it was blind.

Many people blindly follow and impose that kind of ideology. Most people that even mention YAGNI outside of a classroom are blind followers (for DRY things are more diverse).

By non-obvious path I mean things (requirement, underlining systems, user base size) changing in a way that was not unquestionably and blatantly obvious.

[Mtinie]

> By non-obvious path I mean things (requirement, underlining systems, user base size) changing in a way that was not unquestionably and blatantly obvious.

I can't agree with you more. Thank you for the follow-up.