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The Constraints Interview
Your idea is not limited by what you can imagine. It is limited by what you can finish. Find the real shape of what is possible.
Cut Half of It
Your brief is too big. You do not see it yet. This lesson is the one where Claude plays the adversary and argues the case for a smaller, braver version of your project.
The One-Paragraph Brief
One paragraph that explains what you are building, to a friend, in plain language. No jargon, no hedging, no features list. The paragraph is the project.
The Three Buckets
Before you build anything, figure out which kind of thing you are actually making. There are three. The one you say yes to changes everything.