I shipped a beta, almost production-grade PWA fast, less than a day

I shipped a beta, almost production-grade PWA fast, less than a day. Here’s the framework that made it possible:

Most people use AI like a junior dev:
“Write me a function.”

There’s nothing wrong with that - but we can take it further: use AI like a system.

When I built TimeSync, the real enemy wasn’t getting code to work - AI is good at this as long as you’re specific.

The real enemy? It was context decay.

As the project grows, AI forgets the architecture. That’s how you get drift, inconsistencies, and “it compiles but it’s wrong” logic. I call that the Cognitive Mirage.

So I enforced a workflow I call Simulated Recall via Shallow Indexing (SR-SI):

1. Mandate Check - Before writing anything, the AI reads a shallow architectural index
2. Execution - AI builds off the index, not the chat window
3. Self-Correction - After changes, it updates the index immediately

Result: A stateless, offline-first PWA with complex timezone logic, without turning into spaghetti after 30 prompts.

This isn’t “prompt engineering,” nor is it “vibe coding.”

It’s architectural discipline, applied to AI.

If you’re building with AI and want speed without drift, this is a play worth trying.