The Guide desk
Guides
Longer reads. Each one takes a subject end to end, with the prompts in the right places.
8 pagesStart hereYour first project, choosing a stack, and deciding what to build.8 pagesWorking with modelsContext, prompting habits, and getting the most out of coding agents.11 pagesCraftReading, debugging, refactoring, testing and version control.4 pagesConcepts explainedAsync, APIs, state and databases — the ideas behind most bugs.9 pagesBuilding real featuresDatabases, APIs, auth, payments, email, uploads and security.5 pagesDesign & interfaceMaking it look decent, work on phones, and load quickly.3 pagesAI featuresWhich are worth building, how to test them, and how to control the cost.4 pagesGamesLoops, feel, difficulty and saving progress.8 pagesShipping & running itDeploying, domains, scaling, users, money and maintenance.12 pagesBuilding with Fable 5.1How Anthropic's newest model behaves differently, and how to work with it.20 pagesModels & costWhich Claude model to use, what effort levels do, and what it all costs to run.