bullet-tracer

SKILL.md

From The Pragmatic Programmer: "Use Tracer Bullets to Find the Target" — build a minimal end-to-end vertical slice that touches all layers first, then expand.

Not all tickets/features are fully compatible with the tracer bullet approach (e.g., pure refactors, config changes, single-layer fixes). Be smart: apply tracer bullet concepts to compatible parts, use general best practices for the rest.

❌ Building the perfect DB schema before any code ❌ Implementing full validation before happy path works ❌ Writing all unit tests before integration test ❌ Building frontend in isolation from backend ❌ "I'll connect it later"

Implement features using tracer bullet approach - build minimal end-to-end vertical slice first, then expand. Source: sebastiaanwouters/dotagents.

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