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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A real critique is not a pass/fail gate. It structures the conversation to answer questions about the artifact that the designer has. Is it fit for purpose? What is working about it? What isn't? Scaffolding the conversation to lead towards those answers are the purpose of the artifact.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

And once you have those answers, you THROW THE THING AWAY. Its purpose has been served. You no longer need it. You do not, under any circumstances, get sign-off from people who "liked it" and then roll it unchanged into the next level of fidelity.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

But that's not how people who are unfamiliar with critique think. They see high detail and think high fidelity. Then they think, "what comes next after high fidelity? Oh, it's production." "Therefore we must ship this vibe-coded prototype." AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

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