THE PUBLIC BUILD DIARY
Working notes.
What we tried, what happened, and what we changed. Written from the work, with links to the evidence.
FIELD NOTE 04
An export should survive an apostrophe
Prompt Workbench could break a request before a model saw it. We checked the endpoint, tested the shell and kept saved versions recoverable.
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The green tick was checking too little
Our JSON tool could pass an output while ignoring the constraint that mattered. We replaced the checker, then tested the failure cases.
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A map needs evidence, not more pins
We cut back Horizon's unsupported claims, withdrew eight forecasts, and made the remaining predictions easier to challenge.
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One broken prompt froze the site
A stray Markdown wrapper stopped publication in July. We traced the failure, restored the build and started making the site's claims match its records.
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