How much effort should you put into contolling the structure of your code-base? A nice article by Martin Fowler.

"The problem with no-design, is that by not putting effort into the design, the code base deteriorates and becomes harder to modify, which lowers the productivity, which is the gradient of the line. Good design keeps its productivity more constant so at some point (the design payoff line) it overtakes the cumulative functionality of the no-design project and will continue to do better."

http://www.martinfowler.com/bliki/DesignStaminaHypothesis.html

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