Comment by coldtea

>More architecture generally means more complexity in the short term and less in the long term.

I'm not convinced of the latter. More architecture = more complexity in both short and long term, everything else being equal.

That is, if you can meet the required feature set with LESS architecture, it will be simpler both short and long term, compared to more architecture (which, since it's not essential for meeting the feature set, it would be adding abstractions and YAGNI features).