While freelancing, I started noticing something odd.
A big part of my time wasn’t spent writing code — it was spent before that.
reading job requirements multiple times
trying to understand unclear specs
deciding if a task was even worth starting
Some days, this took hours without writing a single line of code.
It felt similar to dealing with poorly defined requirements in real projects.
The bottleneck wasn’t development speed — it was ambiguity and decision-making.
Once I looked at it this way, I started treating it like a workflow problem, not just a productivity issue.
Curious if others have noticed something similar when working with unclear requirements or freelance tasks.
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