Treat Prototypes as Disposable Thought Surfaces
dfinke · x · 2026-07-18
The author suggests giving yourself "permission" to throw away what you've built to keep only the insights gained, coining the term disposable thought surfaces for such prototypes.
They emphasize that creating mockups, schemas, data models, or POCs is essentially about finding the right direction earlier and with fewer tokens, avoiding the massive costs of wasting output on the wrong track.
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