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Beat Project Paralysis with 5 Questions

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Developers often freeze when starting a new project, staring at a blank `main.py` file. This paralysis stems from trying to design and build simultaneously. Instead of coding immediately, professional developers ask five key questions to create a blueprint first.

The framework begins by defining what the project does, like listing a restaurant menu's features. Next, you assign responsibilities to 'staff' layers: UI, business logic, and storage. This separates concerns, preventing spaghetti code and clarifying dependencies.

Finally, you map data flow and specific operations. By answering these questions upfront, you transform a vague idea into a concrete architecture. The coding paralysis disappears, replaced by manageable tasks like implementing `load_contacts()` or `display_menu()`.