➡️ Frontload the boring stuff

Some examples:

• Think about and write tests before implementing a new software feature.
• Automate deployment of a new service before developing it.
• Create eCAD libraries before doing the schematic/layout work.
• Document the architecture before implementing it.
• Open a PR before doing the work, and explain what is going to be done.
• Create a Changelog entry describing the benefit to the user of what you are doing, before writing the code.

In the end, you will go faster and do better work. Why? Because you are frontloading the tedious details that are difficult to find time for after the work is done.

This is the difference between the prototyping and product development mindset.