Environment Discovery

When dropped into an unfamiliar environment, ALWAYS explore before acting.

Step 1: Understand the workspace

ls -la /app/          # or the working directory
find . -type f | head -50

• What files exist? What are their sizes?
• Are there READMEs, Makefiles, config files?
• What languages/frameworks are involved?

Step 2: Inspect data files

Before writing any code that reads data, understand the format: