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The Designer-Builder · Unit 20

Portfolio Projects that Ship

Build a capstone where your design intention becomes a deployed artifact. Learn to explain your constraints, trace decisions, and show measurable outcomes.

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Portfolio Projects that Ship

Build a capstone where your design intention becomes a deployed artifact. Learn to explain your constraints, trace decisions, and show measurable outcomes.

Build Path

  1. Define the outcome for Portfolio Projects that Ship 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

git status
git diff
npm run dev
npm run build

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

Shift cross-references

Shift 7 · Design-to-Code Handoff → Design-to-Code PipelineShift 1 · The Executor → The DirectorShift 17 · Individual Contributor Output → Force Multiplier ImpactShift 34 · Learning Velocity = Tool Proficiency → Learning Velocity = Adaptability to Uncertainty

Archetype relevance

Experience OrchestratorPrompt ArchitectSystems Choreographer