I rarely ever use classes anymore. My life is complicated enough, I like my code to be simpler. I used to be proud of my complex classes hierarchy and clever designs.. now simple objects and mostly functions. I don't and won't argue with anyone who prefer to use class hierarchies, but it really annoys me when I need to spend 5mins wrapping my mind around all those class relationships where a simple imperative (or functional) code would have done the job perfectly.
Most of the big design philosophies are around "building for the future", but the truth is that we're almost always wrong about it. And thus, most of time, the code needs to be rewritten. And a simpler, straightforward code is much more easier to rewrite or refactor.
Most of the big design philosophies are around "building for the future", but the truth is that we're almost always wrong about it. And thus, most of time, the code needs to be rewritten. And a simpler, straightforward code is much more easier to rewrite or refactor.