Good code is cheap code

   Plan your code to be cheap:

• Use patterns where they are going to be beneficial and will save you time;
• Ignore the patterns that will not (e.g. when was the last time you ported a system to a different DB?);
• Use frameworks where appropriate to speed up development;

Refactor when required, don’t get ahead of yourself;

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