Builder Journey
Seven stages. One progression.
A frozen journey across seven practice stages. Each stage is supported by primary projects and a focused set of supporting or related evidence.
Project placement follows the frozen Project Atlas Builder Journey evidence map.
Stage B1
Creative Software & Product Instinct
Early interactive software, mobile experiments and computational graphics.
Primary evidence
Supporting / bridge evidence
BridgeLuaSFScope boundaryLiasoft is the creative-origin anchor; the 2026 site is a preservation layer and does not absorb the technical or authorship claims of linked projects.
Stage B2
Applied Mathematics, Simulation & Data Science
Quantitative modeling, simulation and statistical analysis.
Primary evidence
Supporting evidence
Scope boundaryAppMarkowitz and ModeloMarkowitz are separate projects connected only as a conceptual antecedent; relationalstats is 2026 Python network-statistical software, not proof of older R roots.
Stage B3
Reproducible Development Environments
Reproducible infrastructure and local-to-cloud developer workflows.
Primary evidence
Supporting evidence
Scope boundaryEOL or local-only environments remain valid historical evidence; local reproducibility is not promoted into production or universal cross-platform claims.
Stage B4
Distributed Data Systems
Distributed data processing and scalable analytics.
Primary evidence
Supporting evidence
Scope boundaryLegacyBigDataLab is a 2026 sanitized reconstruction of historical evidence, not original Git history. SparkWork is local Spark and is not multi-node-cluster evidence.
Stage B5
Cloud Data Architecture
Cloud-native data architecture and retrieval-augmented systems.
Primary evidence
Supporting evidence
Scope boundaryTooling and blueprints are not equivalent to a currently deployed architecture; current-live claims remain evidence-gated.
Stage B6
ML / NLP & MLOps
Machine learning, NLP models and operationalization.
Primary evidence
Supporting evidence
Scope boundaryHistorical deployment, empty search grids and experiment tracking do not become production-serving or optimization claims.
Stage B7
AI-native Products & Platforms
AI-native products and developer enablement platforms.
Primary evidence
Supporting / bridge evidence
BridgeAI-CLI-CloudScope boundaryRetainAI is release-locked to v0.4.0-alpha.1; no later roadmap capabilities enter the frozen evidence model. Current live runtimes are not inferred.