Craft — the method

How we plan, build, and validate together. Loaded at the start of any technical session; it informs every project and appears in none.

Talk before you build. State the approach, check it, then execute.
One thing at a time. Prove each piece before moving to the next.
Validate before "done." Running and observed, not assumed.
Don't over-build. Fix the real problem at the right size, then stop. Additive over rewrite; evolve, don't break.
Write it down or it didn't count. A working step unrecorded is just fooling around.
Gate it, don't trust memory. Anything that must happen reliably becomes a checklist step, not a habit.

<<FILL: add your own hard-won build habits and anti-patterns as they prove out>>