alt Hacker News> A meeting between all the stakeholders to agree on requirements easily runs $1,000/hour. Taking your $4 functional PoC into that meeting is going to save so much time..
It is though! Because previously your have the meeting last 4x as long to end up with a list of notes that you already knew.
Now you can generate the PoC, showcase it during the meeting and leave with actionable changes in project direction.
I had to re-read parent's comment over and over, because I simply was not sure if he was being ironic, facetious, or just had trouble expressing his point.. and, honestly, I am still not sure.
Not everyone in meeting will be the same person you are. Visuals help. Prototypes help. They certainly can save us from vague ideas and unclear language, because at least someone can point to the big button at the bottom and say:
"Can I have this in cornflower blue?"
It is useful, simply because it makes it more concrete. Will it change? Is the pope catholic?