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Week 2

The Build

Use a harness to create the first product while learning how to prompt, test, and get unstuck.

8 to 12 hoursA functioning prototype with a clear manual test checklist and a known set of missing pieces.

Workflow

Small tasks beat giant prompts.

Members learn to ask for one visible behavior at a time, then make the harness run the app and verify it.

The course keeps code explanations optional and focuses on product behavior, screenshots, tests, and command output.

Unsticking

When it breaks, preserve the facts.

A good recovery prompt includes the intended behavior, exact error, recent change, and what has already been tried.

Members should learn when to restart from a clean plan and when to keep iterating in place.

Build the thin version

  1. Write a one-page product spec.
  2. Ask the harness for a route/component/data model plan.
  3. Implement one user path end to end.
  4. Run the app and write a manual smoke test.

Prompt starters

  • Here is the user path. Implement the smallest version.
  • Run the app and inspect the result before changing more.
  • Do not add extra features until this path works.

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