Positioning: answer "why not just prompt it", and separate verified from taste - #17
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…taste (#11) Reviewers made two fair criticisms of how this project presents itself: that the mechanism looks like something you can get from a conversation ("write these decisions as a design bible"), and that the contrast script was being used as evidence of taste when it is accessibility. - Leads the pitch with the check that actually runs. The four ideas now start with the contrast contract from #8, because a rule that executes is the one thing a prompt genuinely cannot reproduce. - New section answering the "just tell the AI to write it down" case head on, including the honest concession that for three screens in one chat, a conversation is enough and you do not need this. What it cannot do: survive the session, run a check, read pixels, or enumerate which colors may legally touch which. - New section separating what is verified (contrast, a computation) from what is judgment (references, profile, checklist, heuristics). States plainly that clearing every ratio does not make a design good, and that this README had been blurring the two. - Features table: "verified" now says what it means (ratios computed, not taste proven), and the contrast row describes the matrix. Closes #11
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Closes #11.
Why
Two fair criticisms from the feedback round, both about how the project presents itself rather than what it does:
Both land. The README was leading with the weakest part (five presets) and letting an accessibility check stand in as proof of taste. This fixes the framing rather than the code.
Changes to README.md
1. Leads with the check that actually runs. The core ideas went from three to four, and now open with the contrast contract from #8. A rule that executes is the one thing a prompt genuinely cannot reproduce, so it should be the first thing a reader sees, not the presets.
2. New section: "Can I not just tell the AI to write the decisions down?" Answers the skeptic directly, and concedes the true part first: for keeping three screens consistent inside one chat, a conversation works and you do not need this skill. Then the four things it cannot do:
3. New section: "What is verified, and what is judgment." Draws the line the feedback asked for:
It also admits the project had been blurring the two, which seemed better than quietly fixing it.
4. Features table clarified: "verified" now states it means ratios were computed, not that taste was proven, and the contrast row describes the matrix rather than a one time check.
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