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Notes from the workbench

Short pieces on how to ask an AI agent for what you actually want, what phones and browsers do that simulators don’t, and what changed in the Kit and why.

Why every prompt ends with "Done means"

The agent doesn't know when it's finished unless you tell it what finished looks like. The last sentence of a prompt is the one that does the most work.

Prompting2 min

Nothing inside an app is secret

Your code gets scrambled on the way to the phone. Scrambled is not secret. Here's what that means for Day 17, when you first need a password.

On the phone1 min

Simulators lie about three things

Dark mode, big text and reduce motion. More people use big text than any other setting, and it's where apps fall apart.

On the phone1 min
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