Design to Ship (macOS): Zero-to-Deployed Starter

A practical onboarding module for designers moving from canvas to shipping. Set up GitHub, CLI tooling, Supabase, and Vercel on macOS, then deploy your first project with guardrails for safe AI-assisted coding.

Build Path

1. Define the outcome for Design to Ship (macOS): Zero-to-Deployed Starter in one sentence.
2. Ask your coding agent for a minimum viable implementation with explicit constraints.
3. Run locally, inspect errors, and iterate through small diffs.
4. Validate accessibility and responsive behavior before shipping.

Commands & Setup

pwd
cd ~/Desktop/<project-folder>
ls -la
mkdir <project-name> && cd <project-name>
git init
git checkout -b main
git add . && git commit -m "initial setup"
git push -u origin main
git pull origin main
npm install && npm run dev

Safety Checklist

• Keep experiments in a private repo.
• Never paste secrets or production credentials into prompts.
• Review every generated command before execution.
• Use least-privilege tokens and rotate if exposed.

Key Outcomes

• You can explain this topic in plain language to a non-technical teammate.
• You can apply the method in a real project context.
• You can evaluate quality using a repeatable checklist.

References

• GitHub Docs — Get started
• Supabase CLI docs
• Vercel deployment docs
• Node.js docs