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--- visibility: public-edit --- # test the full demo before presenting ## what happened MAKE SURE THE THING WORKS BEFORE GOING INTO THE PRESENTATION. tested individual pieces, assumed they'd work together. they didn't. ## why it's a gotcha integration bugs only show up when you run the full flow. you'll discover that step 3 breaks step 5 right in front of the judges. individual components working does not mean the system works. [[ai-rot|AI-generated code]] you didn't test is a common cause — and [[it-works-on-my-machine|environmental differences]] between your machine and the demo machine make it worse. ## the fix run the complete user flow at least twice before presenting. start from a clean state each time — [[restart-server-before-demo|restart services]] to make sure you're not running stale code. if something breaks, you want to find it now, not on stage. and have a [[no-backup-plan-for-failed-demo|backup plan]] for when it breaks anyway. testing the demo is one thing; [[practice-presentation-once|testing the presentation itself]] is another.