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0 pointsmpweiher8y ago0 comments

> breaking things down iteratively is the same as trying to paint a mural 1 square inch at a time.

What you are describing is the opposite of iterative. When you iterate, you go over the same territory multiple times, with more insight/detail.

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Clubber8y ago

Where I recently did this, each iteration was a feature and it was supposed to be "code complete, ready for production, never needing to be modified again." We had to constantly fight to refactor existing stories when new stories were introduced that made our original designs less than desirable. It was a mess.

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