Labs#
Getting started
Week 1 lab, a machine you can break, the course toolchain running, and something rough to show
Week 1 · 22 February 2027
Reading the stack
Week 2 lab, name every layer of your desktop, and choose the stack you will build on
Week 2 · 1 March 2027
Choosing a manager
Week 3 lab, commit to a window manager and write the first configuration you will have to defend
Week 3 · 8 March 2027
The dotfiles repository
Week 4 lab, turn a pile of config into a repository someone else could read and rebuild
Week 4 · 15 March 2027
Settling a palette
Week 5 lab, choose a colour system and make it hold across unrelated programs
Week 5 · 22 March 2027
Type in the terminal
Week 6 lab, choose a typeface for the place you actually read, and know why
Week 6 · 29 March 2027
Building the bar
Week 7 lab, build a status bar, then earn back every module by proving you read it
Week 7 · 5 April 2027
The screenshot workshop
Week 8 lab, compose the photograph the setup exists for, and start drafting its defence
Week 8 · 12 April 2027
Two churches
Week 9 lab, push your setup to one aesthetic pole, then defend where it landed
Week 9 · 19 April 2027
Rebuild from bare metal
Week 10 lab, prove the setup is reproducible by building it again on a clean machine
Week 10 · 26 April 2027
The reckoning
Week 11 lab, put a real number on the hours, and decide honestly what they bought
Week 11 · 3 May 2027
The gallery
Week 12 lab, the final gallery, where each setup goes up and its owner defends it to the room
Week 12 · 10 May 2027