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Premature design, deciding too early what a program should do, is as dangerous as premature optimization; specifications should be allowed to change on the fly.

Drawn from what Paul Graham said

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What Paul Graham actually said

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  1. Paul Graham

    Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb

    Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature optimization. I think we should be just as worried about premature design-- deciding too early what a program should do.

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