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Chapter 15: Worked Example: Converting an Ansible Playbook to a Go Temporal Workflow featured image

Chapter 15: Worked Example: Converting an Ansible Playbook to a Go Temporal Workflow

An end-to-end example of migrating a procedural runbook to a durable Temporal workflow using reference implementations, phased prompts, and verification.

Chapter 14: Worked Example: Creating a Helm Chart From a Reference Chart featured image

Chapter 14: Worked Example: Creating a Helm Chart From a Reference Chart

An end-to-end example of the workflow: plan, prompt docs, work notes, execution loop, and verification to create a new Helm chart from a known-good reference.

Chapter 13: Building a Prompt Library: Governance + Quality Bar featured image

Chapter 13: Building a Prompt Library: Governance + Quality Bar

How to build and maintain a team prompt library that stays useful: structure, templates, contribution rules, and governance.

Chapter 12: Templates + Checklists: The Copy/Paste Kit featured image

Chapter 12: Templates + Checklists: The Copy/Paste Kit

Minimal templates for plans, prompts, work notes, and checklists. Copy, adapt, and keep the workflow consistent.

Chapter 11: Team Collaboration: Handoffs, Shared Prompts, and Review featured image

Chapter 11: Team Collaboration: Handoffs, Shared Prompts, and Review

How to make LLM-assisted development work on a team: handoff artifacts, shared prompt libraries, and review discipline.

Chapter 10: Measuring Success: Solo + Team Metrics Without Fake Precision featured image

Chapter 10: Measuring Success: Solo + Team Metrics Without Fake Precision

How to measure whether LLM-assisted development is actually helping: practical metrics, baselines, and lightweight reporting.

Chapter 9: Stop Rules + Pitfalls: When to Upgrade, Bail, or Go Manual featured image

Chapter 9: Stop Rules + Pitfalls: When to Upgrade, Bail, or Go Manual

Concrete stop rules for LLM-assisted development, plus common pitfalls and a recovery checklist when things go sideways.

Chapter 8: Security & Sensitive Data: Sanitize, Don't Paste Secrets featured image

Chapter 8: Security & Sensitive Data: Sanitize, Don't Paste Secrets

Practical data-handling rules for LLM-assisted development: what never to paste, how to sanitize, and how to verify you didn't leak secrets.

Chapter 7: Choosing the Right Model: Capability Tiers, Not Hype featured image

Chapter 7: Choosing the Right Model: Capability Tiers, Not Hype

Model choice is an engineering decision: match capability to task complexity, upgrade when stuck, and avoid stale vendor claims.

Chapter 6: Scaling the Workflow: Phases, Parallelism, Hygiene featured image

Chapter 6: Scaling the Workflow: Phases, Parallelism, Hygiene

How to scale LLM-assisted development from a 1-day task to multi-week work: sub-phasing, parallelization, and repo hygiene.