greenfield

[ GREEN-feeld ]noun

A brand new project with nothing in it yet, where the AI can write whatever it likes.

Explanation

This is where the demos come from. It is also the easy half, which is why a greenfield demo impresses nobody who has actually shipped anything.

Related words

• brownfield — Code that already exists and already works, which you now have to change without breaking it.
• demo cliff — The moment a prototype that demoed beautifully turns out to be impossible to build on.

Prompts that deal with it

• Lock the Stack — Stop it choosing your tools for you