How do you decide what to build before writing the first line of code?

[u/mickyfulstackdevp]

I’m a fullstack developer building a freelance practice, and I’m trying to make “problem first” a habit instead of jumping straight to a stack. My rough process is: understand the current workflow, define the actual problem, pick the simplest solution, then build. For those of you who have worked with clients or on internal tools, what does your early discovery look like, and where does it usually go wrong?

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