The 8-hour Diagnosis-to-Demo capstone, end to end.

In Lesson 4.12 of GROW Course 4 (Hardening & Shipping), Doug Liles works through it with you. A timed capstone that runs the whole Course 4 method under pressure.

What you'll take away

- The capstone brief

- Diagnosis

- Build

Chapters

(0:00) Cold open & the promise

(5:59) The capstone brief

(11:59) Diagnosis

(17:59) Build

(23:58) Hardening

(29:58) The demo

(35:58) The artifact & what to do Monday

Study guide, slide deck, blog companion, infographic (free)

- https://fde.goodcombinator.ai/lessons/FDE_Lesson_4_12

Audio companion is AI-narrated using NotebookLM. Explainer video is human-produced.

Public release

This full FDE Certification audio lesson is available publicly as part of GROW by Good Combinator.

Continue in GROW Skills Library: https://goodcombinator.com/grow/library

Episode metadata

Show: GROW by Good Combinator

Course: Course 4 - Hardening & Shipping

Lesson: 4.12

Season/Episode: 4/12

Runtime: 41:58

Access label: public-full-lesson

Source channel: spotify

Source audio: app/lessons/assets/course-4/4.12/4.12 audio podcast.m4a

Taxonomy: Domain=Reliability & Shipping; Career stage=Senior FDE; Skill level=Advanced; Asset type=Lesson; Outcome=Ship

CRM events: course_started, lesson_completed, cert_enrolled

Transcript and accessibility

Final transcript required before launch: https://goodcombinator.com/grow/courses/course-4/lesson-4.12/transcript

Accessibility requirement: reviewed audio, clear title, descriptive show notes, and transcript availability before launch.

Audio companion is AI-narrated using NotebookLM and disclosed here.

Credits

Host: Doug Liles

Producer: Good Combinator

Audio: NotebookLM AI narration (disclosed)