340: Designing Software for the Future

Design is an ongoing process that occurs with every line of code written

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Investing in design can help you understand the purpose of your apps. Teams should consider future changes before focusing on completing tasks. The problem with assuming that developers know when design becomes necessary is that it can be unclear. In reality, every programmer is a designer, whether they realize it or not. Design is an ongoing process that occurs with every line of code written. The experience level of the programmer is less important than the structural changes they make to the application. The critical question is not who designed the program but whether future design decisions will be regretted. Therefore, every new change should aim to simplify the system's design.

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