TIL that agile has its own words for everything.
replyThat was a thing in the early 2000's. You had to have a blog and invent words that describe regular things everyone did.
replyWhy can't they call it a prototype or experiment? Sheesh.
replyPrototype is usually something working, while spike can be pure research (e.g. validate that APIs are feasible and enough, or that something satisfies requirements). Prototype is usually more polished/usable. Experiment in my mind is something which user-facing but not in stable yet.
replySo for me they are differentiated enough, but could be that I am just used to it.
An experiment doesn’t say anything about user facing or not. I do tons of them when reverse engineering poorly documented hardware and APIs to determine if the thing I’m trying to do is even supported.
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