Week 2 (Thursday): Own and extend it
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What you keep
How to direct an AI coder to change a real product safely, how to read a codebase you did not write, and how to hand knowledge work to an AI collaborator.
You ship
A new feature in your product, none of it hand-written.
Lessons
From "I can't code" to "I direct code"
Plan, change, review the diff, keep or roll back, the safe loop for directing code you did not write.
Extend your app with Claude Code
Run the plan-change-review loop on your capstone and confirm Week 1 still works after the upgrade.
Automate your workflow with Cowork
Hand the work around your product to an AI collaborator, same briefing discipline, new surface.
Ship a new feature
Publish the Week 2 upgrade and test it live, version one plus a directed change.
Lovable, Claude Code, or Cursor: when to use which
Start in Lovable, extend with Claude Code, reach for Cursor when you want to steer file by file.
Reading a codebase without fear
Ask for a map, trace one feature end to end, and use read-only mode to explore safely.
Ship a new feature with Claude Code
One clear change, live on your URL, directed not hand-written, and Week 1 still works.
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