Qualify the Request
👨💼 Nice work. Before anyone added new product surface area, you slowed down and
tested whether the request was actually worth shipping.
🦉 This step matters because "it feels more professional" is the kind of product
language that can create a lot of implementation motion without proving user
value. Strong engineers separate evidence from momentum, look for smaller
alternatives, and decide whether the request deserves to exist now at all.
You now have a concrete feature-framing brief that protects the live product
from avoidable complexity while still making room for a narrower future
solution if the evidence supports it.