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title: Taking a non-technical contributor's AI-built prototype to production
description: Modularized a working AI-built UI and wrapped it in a real dev/deploy workflow, instead of rewriting it from scratch.
date: 2024-08-20
tags: productionization, AI tooling, maintainability
source: https://brianchildress.co/projects/prototype-to-production
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# Taking a non-technical contributor's AI-built prototype to production

## Situation

A working UI had been built by a non-technical contributor using AI tools: genuinely useful, but not production-shaped.

## What I did

Instead of rewriting it from scratch, I modularized it and wrapped it in a real development and deployment workflow, and shipped it.

## Result

It's the clearest example of the work I do most often now: taking something that works but can't be safely maintained, and making it something a team can own.