#application-architecture

Classical Inheritance generally lets you inherit only from a single ancestor, forcing you into awkward taxonomies. I say awkward because without fail,every OO design taxonomy I have ever seen in a large application was eventually wrong... 

These problems are not just a matter of taste or style. This choice can make or break your product.

- Eric Elliott.

Thoughtful article on compositional architecture in JavaScript. 

For many people throwing away a code base is a sign of failure, perhaps understandable given the inherent exploratory nature of software development, but still failure.

But often the best code you can write now is code you'll discard in a couple of years time.

—Martin Fowler