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Documentation / The shift
The New Era Of AI Design
AI makes output cheaper, but taste, craft, judgment, context, and responsibility become more important.
Design Harness documentation / Phase 1
How the Harness works, while I build it.
A public set of articles, emails, and build notes about working with AI agents through context, standards, critique, validation, and real product judgment.
01 What's inside
Three starting notes for the Harness.
Each note explains one part of the system and connects it to a reusable artifact. Start with the shift, map the process, then see what a real product makes visible.
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Documentation / The process
The New Design Process
Move beyond prompt, output, ship: intent, context, agent task, prototype, critique, test, validation, and saved learning.
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Documentation / The proof
A Side Project Is The Fastest Way To Learn AI Design
Planark shows why prompts are not enough: source trust, product judgment, design memory, logs, QA, and saved learning all matter.
02 Proof environment
Learn from a product that has to work.
Planark is an iOS app in production with real users, live APIs, real data, and real constraints. It is where the Harness meets the decisions that demos can hide.
03 Follow along
Start with the first note.
The emails are part of the public documentation for The Design Harness. Later, the strongest notes and artifacts can become a larger library and downloadable system.