The lab

The tools on their own, with no lesson attached. Everything here also appears inside the course at the point where it makes sense — so if you're new, start with the course instead and let it hand you these one at a time.

Anything you type here saves to your progress the same way it does in a lesson.

Reference — everything the course uses, on its own

All 24 equations

a.k.a. the physics

Every calculator in one place, each with its worked example and the book's own benchmark. Embeddable in your own pages.

All 14 spot checks

a.k.a. the Mirror Tests

Fourteen products that look good. Find what each one's beauty is paying for. Retry as often as you like.

All 14 briefs

a.k.a. the Field Assignments

The short write-it-down exercises from each lesson, gathered — useful if you want to skim what the course asks of you.

For a real deal you're running

Plan a deal

a.k.a. the Infiltration Canvas

Eight panels for one real target. The blanks you can't fill are the honest output — they're next week's work. Exports as a one-page PDF.

Cost of doing nothing

a.k.a. the CFO one-sheet

Put your own numbers in, get the one-page brief that turns a project request into a daily bleed a CFO can check.

Practise the pitch

a.k.a. Boss Fights

Argue with a simulated CIO, CFO or CISO who pushes back the way the real ones do — and rejects your buzzwords out loud.

Tear down a real app

a.k.a. the Teardown Lab

Run the spot check on something you actually use, and mint a card you can share. Your notes never leave your browser.

The rest

Spot the human

a.k.a. Only the Weird Survives

A short game: find the one thing in a feed that a person actually made. Harder than it sounds, which is the point.

The five commitments

a.k.a. the Insurgent's Oath

The last step of the course: decide what you won't do once this works. Required before the certificate.

The lab is also what this site calls itself — inspect its engine any time at /transparency.