# YAGNI

> You Aren't Gonna Need It: build only what current requirements demand and defer speculative generality.

Record: `lexicon:yagni`
Kind: principle
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Aliases: You Aren't Gonna Need It
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-yagni

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Deep Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/deep-optimization.md) and before [Canonical Source](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/canonical-source.md).

## Category

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-modular-design.md)

## In tension with

- [Reusability](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/reusability.md)
- [Reusability / YAGNI](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/reusability-yagni.md)

## Linked from

- [Core Modular Design](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-core-modular-design.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)