[jordanlev]

I'm unfamiliar with the "Tracer" concept. Can you provide an example of one of these you've built?

I'm specifically curious how it differs from a prototype... is it just a prototype of 1 feature in isolation with bare-bones design? Or some feature that is only triggered from an arcane terminal command?

Thanks

[tobych]

Just chiming in here: in The Pragmatic Programmer it's called a "tracer bullet", not a "tracer". You'll do a lot better searching for discussions by using "tracer bullet".

[jordanlev]

Okay, thanks. Just curious to hear some actual examples of this from people who've used the technique.