I agree with both. I tend to have Red Days and Blue Days. Red Days are coding days, working from my plan, no creativity allowed - that's the enemy of lean cod

I agree with both. I tend to have Red Days and Blue Days. Red Days are coding days, working from my plan, no creativity allowed - that's the enemy of lean code. Blue days are creative days, very little coding - maybe a bug fix if creative me says that bug is really impacting experience. These days I plan big picture, I talk to potential customers and testers. I draw big picture plans on the whiteboard that Red me will implement. Can break up a day too, but you can never ever be creative and engineer well at the same time. At least I can't, nor can most people I've observed.