Plan · meridian-waitlists

The waitlist release, in checkpoints

Five checkpoints, smallest first. Each one passes its gates before the next begins, and the run stops for a person exactly twice: the plan, then the app.

approved · 2026-10-10 · Meridian · illustrative data

1 2 3 4 5 the plan · STOP 1a checkpointSTOP 2
Figure 2 · the plan in checkpoints, smallest first

01 · The checkpoints

#SizeWhat it buildsGates
1xsA single offer, with a time limit, and a test that proves it can expire.behavior · review
2sOrder the list, and offer the next person when a seat frees.behavior · review
3mThe panel the front desk sees, on the classes page.behavior · UI · review
4lRace safety: two claims can never hold one seat.behavior · review
5lThe whole suite, on a phone, with scripting off.behavior · UI · review

02 · What a checkpoint is

Small enough to review in one sitting, real enough to ship alone.
behavior gate

Unit, then API, then CLI, then UI end-to-end. It stops at the first layer that fails.

UI gate

The running page and its prototype, screenshotted and diffed region by region.

03 · The states

// each state is reachable and does not lie about itself
open · offered · accepted · expired · declined

04 · Assumptions the planner took

05 · Notes

Deferred

A nightly digest for the desk. Useful, not required to fill a seat today.

{ai} engineering · example page, generated from a real template · the data here is illustrative