Allowed freedom of choice, I'll start as follows. 1. Build on my machine 2. Reproduce issues 3. Fix bugs -- even typos or refactors 4. See the fix code revi

Allowed freedom of choice, I'll start as follows. 1. Build on my machine 2. Reproduce issues 3. Fix bugs -- even typos or refactors 4. See the fix code review/merging/deployment to qa/dev/whatever When I start a new project I'm most concerned with reproducibility of the process of development. A lot of time other people are blind to the little tweaks that have occurred over the years that enable them to build, test, and deploy a system. Those tweaks often give a lot of insight into what is going on. The ability to push-button deploy is also a bellwether of what is to come.