1	You *Are* Gonna Need A Good Design "You ain't gonna need it!" (short YAGNI) is one of the most popular, and probably also most misunderstood and misused mantras of Extreme Programming. Again and again I see it used as an excuse to not improve a design "because it already works". I gu...	27-Feb-2008
2	"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission." When I first heard this quote, I didn't like it. It sounded to me like it promotes disrespect, and respect is an important value to me. In the recent past, I learned to read the quote differently, and I start to like it more and more.	10-Feb-2008