---
id: life-after-prototype
kind: work
title: "Life After the Prototype"
work_kind: "essay"
date: "2026-06-22"
url: "https://southleft.substack.com/p/life-after-the-prototype"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/life-after-prototype.md
---

# Life After the Prototype

The prototype was never the hard part. The handshake is.

## Edges

- about -> Designers shipping code, MCP servers, Validation loops
- <- authored <- TJ Pitre