Explaining Implementation

Overview

Explain existing work as a paced walk through a bounded hierarchy, one concept per turn, one root at a time from its top rung down to its floor, each turn picking up the thread of the last, moving only when the reader says so.

Core principle: the reader sets the pace and the depth. A complete report delivered up front is the failure, however well organized it is.

Not for: writing code, planning work, reviewing for defects, or drafting prose someone else will read.

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