Writings code has been viewed as an expensive part of development for a while. That's why the coding interview script the industry has adopted requires you to to not write any code until you suffenciently planned the whole problem.

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habinero an hour ago | parent [-]

No? You do that to make sure everyone understands and agrees on what to build.

Writing code is the easy part. Figuring out what your new feature or product should do is the hard part.

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tayo42 an hour ago | parent [-]

Because the assumption is code is expensive to generate. Otherwise why would you put all the upfront effort into all of the planning?Just write some code and iterate on where it goes.

	▲	samstokes an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Code being expensive would be one reason to plan, but hardly the only one. Some other reasons: cost of failure (don't leak customer PII), maintenance, unclear requirements, unclear success criteria.