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The workshop notebook

Bestiary

How the fleet gets built: design thinking plus AI-assisted making, written up in plain English — with screenshots, one-pagers, and PDFs you can take with you.

Start here

Eight pages, then go deeper

New to the workshop? Read the short guide first. Jump to a long visual fieldbook, a one-pager, or the original method edition when you want more.

Recommended8 pages · 13 Oct 2026
Short guide

ApproachThe same story in eight pages. Start here.

What changedSee the whole; chip away in useful slices; leave a cold handoff for the next session.

The library

Guides — newer and older

Current visual and short editions, three one-pagers, and the original method guide. Each card: read in the browser or download the PDF.

What I built. How I built it.

Current42 pages · 13 Oct 2026
Long visual guide

ApproachVisual fieldbook: screenshots, flowcharts and a pocket spec for each project.

What changedAdds the sculptor lesson: picture the whole, chisel one useful slice, leave a cold handoff for the next session.

Current8 pages · 13 Oct 2026
Short guide

ApproachThe same story in eight pages. Start here.

What changedSwaps 'make the question smaller' for 'see the whole; chip away in useful slices' and adds the cold-handoff step.

Current1 page · 13 Oct 2026
What I made (one page)

ApproachOne sheet: the instruments, games, engines and tools.

What changedUnchanged in the 13 October refresh.

Current1 page · 13 Oct 2026
How I build (one page)

ApproachOne sheet: the working method as steps.

What changedRevised for the sculptor lesson.

Current1 page · 13 Oct 2026
How it gets organised (one page)

ApproachOne sheet: how the repos, notes and handoffs stay findable.

What changedRevised for the sculptor lesson.

Original edition18 pages · 12 Oct 2026
What I built. How I learned to build it.

ApproachThe method guide: design thinking plus AI-assisted making, with Chirp, HALLIATUS and Saffron Rider as worked examples.

What changedRebuilt the earlier project tour around method instead of a project list. Kept unchanged as the original.

One-pagers

Three sheets

Jump links into the library cards above — same PDFs, opened by purpose.

What I made — instruments, games, engines and tools. Card → · Read · PDF
How I build — the working method as steps. Card → · Read · PDF
How it gets organised — repos, notes and handoffs. Card → · Read · PDF
What I learned

The method edition

The original 18-page guide — design thinking plus AI-assisted making, with Chirp, HALLIATUS and Saffron Rider as worked examples. Kept as the older edition next to the newer visual fieldbook.

Inside the original edition

The chapters

Open the 18-chapter method guide at a specific chapter — or skim the long visual guide for screenshots and pocket specs.

Prefer pictures? Open the long visual guide (42 pages, HTML or PDF) — screenshots, flowcharts, and a pocket spec per project.