Cannot overstate the value of regularly delivering working software.My single most effective software dev habit is to start with a walking skeleton – a “real” if very stubbed out program that can be deployed on its real infrastructure, receive real calls, visited for real etc. – because of what this does for non-programming stakeholders.
When they see a real working thing and then they see that thing get meaningful improvements they tend to chill way out and get much easier to work with.
You can save a week of effort on process with a couple hours of sharing tangible progress.
Related: you can save a week of planning with a couple hours of programming. You can save a week of programming with a couple hours of planning.
