Describe.
Who’s it for? What should it do? Start with a real problem, in your own words.
AN EXPERIMENT IN WHAT’S POSSIBLEDAWGHAUS.ORG / VOL. 001
MARK,
THIS IS WHAT
CODE CAN DO.
A little imagination. A conversation with AI.
Then something you can actually touch.
REAL INTERACTIONS. ZERO SLIDE DECKS.
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SPECIMEN 001 / THE WATCHER CURIOUS BY DESIGN
BUILT FROM AN IDEA.SCROLL TO EXPERIMENT ↓NO API KEYS REQUIRED.
01 / THE PLAYGROUNDOne brief.
One brief.
A whole new thing.
Pick an idea. Poke around.
These little builds actually work.
YOU SAY
“Make a project dashboard. Let me filter the work and see what’s moving.”
Interactive demo · preset examples
Hand-built examples, running in your browser. No live AI generation.
THE POINT ISN’T THE PROMPT.It’s how quickly an idea becomes something you can explore. ↗
02 / UNDER THE HOODLooks right.
Looks right.
Until it doesn’t.
Building is only half of it.
Find the bug. Make a fix. Test it.
BUG REPORT #001The counter
The counter
that can’t count.
Form inputs arrive as text. Add them without conversion and JavaScript joins the characters: “2” + “3” = “23”.
The fix converts both inputs to numbers before adding. Change the values below and run the same cases against both versions.
− return a + b;
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LIVE TEST BENCH● LOCAL
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BEFORE / TEXT JOINWrong type. Wrong answer.
AFTER / NUMBER SUMNumbers in. A number out.
Ready. Run 4 cases, including your current inputs.
03 / THE WAY THROUGHYou bring the what.
You bring the what.
Then shape the how.
A conversation gets it started.
Good judgment gets it finished.
Build.
Turn the brief into files and a working interface. Try something tangible.
Test.
Click the awkward things. Check the edge cases. See where the idea breaks.
Refine.
Keep what works. Change what doesn’t. Repeat until it earns its place.
A FEW TOOLS FOR THE JOBIllustrative demos of what coding tools can help make. Results need human review; this page makes no claim that both providers built this site.
Claude Code works in project code, editing files and running commands. Explore Claude Code ↗
ChatGPT helps you reason through an idea and develop a prototype. Explore ChatGPT canvas ↗
Codex can edit files and run checks in a coding environment. Explore Codex ↗
GOT A
“WHAT IF”?
A tool you wish existed. A better way to do the boring bit. Something weird. Bring one idea. That’s enough to start.
STEAL THIS STARTING POINT
Build a simple tool for [who] that helps them [do what]. Make it easy to use on a phone. Start with a working prototype, explain the tradeoffs, and show me how to test it.