A first version real enough to test.
An MVP is not a throwaway prototype. It is the first real version of the product, built lean and shaped to the one thing you need to learn, so the market answers the question instead of a demo.
What an MVP is here
A real first version puts the idea in front of actual users and lets the market answer. It does one thing properly instead of ten things for show, and it is built to keep, so the version that proves the idea is the same one you grow from. It is the same build method, aimed at the single thing you need to learn first.
How it works
Discovery: the one thing to prove first.
A lean scope: the smallest version that is still real.
Built fast and shipped to actual users, not a demo reel.
You own it: the code, the data, the version you grow next.
The proof
Our own first versions ship in the open: pdflokal and the AI personal admin both shipped lean, met real users, and grew from there. The same wall shows systems run end to end.