[davidwtbuxton]

> Simpler code almost always wins. Predicting the future is hard, refactoring simple code that does the minimum it needs to is comparatively easy. Don't write what-if code, YAGNI.

I strongly agree with this point.

I speculate that some people tend to add unnecessary code because they are thinking of all those well-written libraries they use every day, which have evolved to support multiple uses, including the uses that clearly they don't need but they can see are useful to others. Therefore they conclude good software must add features that are useful for other coders!