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Prove the concept

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+  Prove the concept
+pubDate: 2023-07-26
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+  archive/2023/07/26/prove-the-concept
+tags:
+  - software-development
+---
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+When starting a new task, find the simplest way to prove the concept.
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+Investigate upfront and evaluate potential approaches.
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+What's the smallest or quickest thing you could do to validate an idea?
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+It could be a small script that you can run and verify something works before moving it to its correct place within your application or creating a first implementation with hard-coded data that you refactor once you've proven the concept.
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+If you can't, you'll know it won't work without investing a large amount of time and you can move on to the next potential approach.