Why 'Maybe Later' Is the Most Valuable Feature in Your Backlog

The author reflects on how the most valuable code is often the code never written, arguing that deprioritized backlog features usually become irrelevant or turn into legacy cruft. As LLMs lower the barrier to building, they risk encouraging developers to ship every deferred idea, bloating codebases with unreadable, AI-generated code that humans struggle to maintain. Once shipped, these features attract dependencies and resist removal, making strategic restraint more important than ever.