whatthefunk

programmer happiness. end of story.

True. I have been in that situation too. Although I also have some cases wherein I thought prototyping something up to a point to prove it's worth is not subject to "document everything." I guess my question now is, is it better to do it from the very beginning knowing this fact?

Regarding the part where you say "document everything". I'm assuming you come from a mid-sized company standpoint where there is more than 1 person working on the app. I might be wrong but I think documenting everything from the start is counterproductive.