The Methodology

Atomic Decomposition

How 96 hours becomes a production system.

01Phase

Hour 0 — 8

Problem Compression

Convert any business pain into a single, precise problem statement. Strip away symptoms. Identify the constraint that, if removed, unlocks everything else.

02Phase

Hour 8 — 24

Architecture Scaffold

Build the minimum viable technical skeleton. Choose battle-tested components only. No experiments at this stage—every tech choice is a known quantity.

03Phase

Hour 24 — 72

Core Loop Implementation

Ship the critical user journey first. One input, one output, zero friction. Everything else is noise until this loop runs cleanly in production.

04Phase

Hour 72 — 88

Hardening

Address the three most probable failure modes. Add monitoring. Deploy to a real production environment. A demo environment is not a product.

05Phase

Hour 88 — 96

Positioning

Package the output as a solution, not a feature. Write the impact statement. One sentence: what pain disappears when someone uses this?

“We don't rush. We have simply removed the 90% of the process that isn't essential.”