Phase 11: Capstone: The AI-Native Product Engineer · 50 min · Claude Code · Python

Capstone Assembly: Reviewing the Full Arc

Months into a course-long product, the spec you wrote in phases 0–3 and the code you shipped in phases 8–11 have both kept moving — the only way to know if they still agree is to actually check, not assume.

Real-world application: Producing an honest, gap-inclusive architecture review of your own system — rather than a polished summary that hides what's incomplete — demonstrates exactly the self-audit discipline this course has taught for specs, teams, and postings, now turned on your own capstone product.

What you will learn

Review a course-long product across all three stages of the course (spec, production hardening, platform/team) rather than assuming earlier work still holds
Identify concrete drift between what a spec describes and what the actual system does, months after the spec was written
Triage gaps by real risk and priority rather than treating every incomplete piece as equally urgent
Produce a comprehensive architecture document that honestly documents gaps rather than hiding them

Introduction

Capstone Assembly: Reviewing the Full Arc

Objective

Compare what each orbit's practices require against your product's current spec, harness, and code, flag gaps between them, and triage each gap by real risk.

Unlock the full lesson

You've read the first 2 sections. The rest of this lesson covers The Problem, The Concept, Build, Check Yourself, Key Terms & Next — plus a hands-on lab, quiz, and project artifact.

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