Pattern: Throwaway prototype

Build a quick, disposable version — a terminal app or toggleable UI variation — to validate a design or de-risk an unknown, then discard it. The deliverable is the knowledge gained, not the code; keeping the prototype invites it to harden into production by accident.

Applied by (backlinks)

Matt Pocock — Skills for Real Engineers:

• mp-prototype — builds throwaway prototypes for design validation.

gstack:

• gstack-design-shotgun — generate disposable AI mockup variants to explore design before committing to code.

See Also

• stage-implement — the stage where this applies.
• pattern-spec-driven-development — turn validated learnings into a spec.