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		colordrops on Jan 29, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Discovery Coding I've heard this sort of activity called "pathfinding".

yen223 on Jan 29, 2025 | [–]

It's a "spike" in Agile parlance, if you want to sell this approach to agile people

dr_kiszonka on Jan 29, 2025 | [–]

I usually "play around with" with a problem or data, but "pathfinding" sounds much better.

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