Yeah, yeah, I hear ya, and I know, but I have quite a lot of battle-scars (and paychecks...) which came from “un-coupling” too-tightly coupled code.   Several of those experiences came from dealing with clients who had either just acquired another company, or had just been acquired.   All was well until someone wearing a suit and tie walked into the room with a square wheel and said, “he’s part of the family now, so he has to roll with the rest of us, and by the way we need it next Tuesday.”   Elegance favors consistency, and sometimes, “aye, there’s the rub.”

I’m not meaning to make any blanket pronouncement here ... my dissertation is not riding on this ... but I do simply observe that there are two sides to every coin.   This does serve as a check to unbridled enthusiasm.