The Best Ideas Usually Start Broken
I've never started a successful project with a perfect plan.
Most begin as experiments—an idea scribbled on paper, a rough prototype, or a single feature that seems worth exploring.
Some survive their first week.
Many don't.
Observation
Good software almost always begins as awkward software.
There's usually a point where everything feels held together with optimism and comments that begin with "temporary."
That's not failure.
That's simply where every finished project once lived.
Lesson Learned
Progress rarely looks polished while you're standing in the middle of it.
— Hal Revs
Still fond of first drafts.