[dgb23]

That’s very good advice for day to day tactical approach:

- small changes, fixes, additions

- tests, optimizations, refactoring

It’s what you do to move forward iteratively with approaching deadlines.

But to not get stuck in local maxima you need some time off from feedback loops and tactics. You need time to think, design, experiment, sleep. You need time for creative, strategic thinking. Processes, rules, feedback loops, deliverables etc. are all a hindrance to that.

[afro88]

Also, getting an app up and running. Often times it's better to hack away at a (truly minimum) mvp and then iterate on that. Than try and iterate your way to an mvp.