My approach is to slap together a bunch of stuff to get a better feel for what's really needed. Once things solidify you can often see that you only need a few

My approach is to slap together a bunch of stuff to get a better feel for what's really needed. Once things solidify you can often see that you only need a few things which you then can either custom develop or with less components. Starting out from scratch without exactly knowing what's needed seems extremely slow, inflexible and prone to wrong decisions.