The Shipping Mindset

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// pages/api/generate.ts - The entire backend you need to start
import Anthropic from '@anthropic-ai/sdk';

const client = new Anthropic();

export default async function handler(req, res) {
  if (req.method !== 'POST') return res.status(405).end();
  
  const { prompt } = req.body;
  
  // Start with the simplest possible prompt structure
  const systemPrompt = `You are a helpful assistant. Be concise.`;

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# prompt_lab.py - Simple prompt testing harness
import anthropic
import json
from datetime import datetime

client = anthropic.Anthropic()

# Store prompts as versioned files
PROMPT_VERSIONS = {
    "v1": "You are a helpful assistant.",
    "v2": "You are a helpful assistant. Be concise and specific.",
    "v3": "You are an expert assistant. Give actionable advice in 2-3 sentences."

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// lib/flags.ts - Dead simple feature flags
const FLAGS = {
  newAIModel: {
    enabled: true,
    allowlist: ['user_123', 'user_456'], // Beta users
    percentage: 10 // 10% of other users
  },
  streamingResponses: {
    enabled: true,
    allowlist: [],
    percentage: 100 // Fully rolled out
  }