On: “What if it changes?”

[lhnz]

I think "what if it changes?" can also be used to argue for more concrete, simpler code that is less DRY and therefore can be rewritten or deleted with greater ease.

I wouldn't refer to overly generic code as easier to change.

[hsn915 → lhnz]

Exactly. It's also easy to demonstrate that if it changes we just change the code, duh!! Simple concrete code is far easier to change.

[ncmncm → lhnz]

Yes. That was the joke.