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"You ain't gonna need it" (or sometimes "aren't" instead of "ain't" but I like "ain't" better) or YAGNI is a principle to not add stuff (write code) until there is an actual need for it. Some folks (over in FORTH) can take this to an extreme. At other times it may be nice to have some "batteries included", but on the other hand features can lead to