[karl_p]

As the mythical man month says: never ship the prototype. Plan to write one and then throw it away.

[foreigner]

I have literally never seen that happen in practice. The prototype code always evolves to become the product.

[datadrivenangel]

if you throw away a boat one piece at a time, have you thrown away the entire boat by the end?

[DougN7]

Well… yes you have thrown away the entire boat. But I get where you were coming from.

[eithed]

Ah, the modern ship of Theseus