That’s not really what agile is about. It is about early feedback, so yes the customer might see an incomplete product. This is similar to watching a bespoke house being built. As long as they wear a hard hat, it’s ok for the client to inspect the footings.

Hang on, I don’t understand the distinction you’re making. I definitely think the customer should see it as soon as they can they see something.

The distinction is just the communication. If they know it won’t work but it’s a prototype for feedback then that is agile.

If they think they are getting a full working product that’s .... something else!

Oh right. Fair enough. Yeah, I assumed that was implicit. Good call out.

This is exactly why I hate Agile garbage. Just about everywhere I've ever worked has applied "agile" and all it's lead to is them building crap software quickly. I'm all for releasing early and often, but not "in whatever state". Have some pride and build good, well tested software.

I assume this is side project stuff. I don’t have a high standard for those. Not very prideful as an individual, tbh.

I’m not sure from the poster’s description it’s just a hobby project. They evidently want to charge their customers money, so there needs to be some level of quality in order for that to have a chance of working.