No Deferred Work Overview No TODOs. No "later". Do it now or don't commit. Core principle: Deferred work is forgotten work. Technical debt accumulates. The rule: If work is needed, do it now. If it's out of scope, get explicit permission to defer. Forbidden Patterns TODO Comments Placeholder Implementations Incomplete Features The Decision Flow What To Do Instead In-Scope Work: Do It If the work is needed for the current feature: Out-of-Scope Work: Create Issue If the work is genuinely separate: Then continue with current work without the deferred piece. Error Handling: Complete It Tests: Wri…