Prototyping

Prototype, pilot, proof of concept: seven labels that do not line up

The seven instruments are drawn from four independent dimensions of the same work, so they overlap instead of partitioning. Each settles one thing and leaves an untested remainder.

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Throwaway or evolutionary: decide before the first commit

Whether prototype code survives is a decision per component, made in advance, and separate from whether the learning survives. Neither always-rewrite nor demo-implies-retain holds.

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