Book 7 · Lesson 7.12 · deep-dive
Deep-dive — stack decision rubric
- Apply EM/Staff rubric to hiring and architecture reviews
- Document choose vs avoid per scenario
- Close Book 7 with pattern judgment, not stack wars
Prerequisites: 7.8
Appendix 7.A4 — extended practice on the rubric from lesson 7.8.
Context: Teaching event-driven design
Choose: Millipede PDF stack
Avoid here: Enterprise BFF rewrite
Rubric dimensions
For each scenario ask:
- Constraint — enterprise auth? teaching clarity? eval CI?
- Choose — pattern that fits this context
- Avoid — seductive copy-paste from another repo
Scenarios in the widget mirror docs/work-alignment.md — teaching stack vs Snyk entitlements vs eval gates.
Book 7 capstone line
“I can ship quality systems on the PDF architecture and explain when work-repo patterns apply elsewhere.”
Teach-back prompt
Cycle all three widget scenarios — 90 seconds each, no slides.