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Rapid prototypes
Find out whether the idea is worth building before you commit a budget to it.
You probably need this if
- The idea has been discussed for months and never tested
- A quote for the full build is large enough that nobody wants to decide
- Nobody agrees what it should do, because nobody has seen it
- You need something real to show a partner, a client or an investor
What gets built
- A working version of the core idea — the part that decides whether the rest is worth it
- Real data, not a demonstration with clean invented examples
- Something people can use and react to, in days
- An honest answer at the end, including "this does not work" when that is the answer
A real example
Three small tools, built and shipped
Text Chunker, Breathing Formatter and the WhatsApp Chat Cleaner exist because they were quicker to build than to argue about. They are free, they run in your browser, and they are the same instinct at a small scale: build the thing, then see.
When this is the wrong answer
If the requirements are already clear and agreed, skip this and build. A prototype answers uncertainty; when there is none, it is a delay.