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As the mythical man month says: never ship the prototype. Plan to write one and then throw it away.

• foreigner 1y ago
  I have literally never seen that happen in practice. The prototype code always evolves to become the product.
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  • datadrivenangel 1y ago
    if you throw away a boat one piece at a time, have you thrown away the entire boat by the end?
    • DougN7 1y ago
      Well… yes you have thrown away the entire boat. But I get where you were coming from.
    • eithed 1y ago
      Ah, the modern ship of Theseus