Where the thinking came from

The influences behind the book, as claims you can check, and where each one lands. 10 panels.

draft 10 panels · gen-z.journalist, 18 October 2026, from the review of influences.sgit.ai · book v1.0.0 is the only official version; the second edition is in release candidates (rc1 and rc2 frozen). Every line the Guide says, and every quote card, is from the article 'Where the thinking came from', word for word; the build checks it. Real people appear as quote cards and dates, never as cast members.

Take it with you

The same storyboard in every shape it comes in. The data and its derived files are on this site; the pictures are drawn in your browser, now, by the same code as the deck (export.js, v0.1.0), from the current panel.

storyboard.jsonthe data, as gen-z-developers.sgit.ai wrote it bundle.jsonthe data with its cast, for an embed index.mdthe script, as markdown graph.jsona semantic graph: 29 nodes, 62 edges thumb.jpgthe cover, 480 wide og.jpgthe cover, 1200 wide

Put it on your page

Two lines, from any site. The script is pinned to an immutable release of the kit, so the embed draws exactly this, for as long as the page exists. How embedding works.

<script src="https://api.storyboards.sgit.ai/v0/v0.1/v0.1.0/embed.js" defer></script>
<sg-storyboard src="https://storyboards.sgit.ai/gen-z-developers/where-the-thinking-came-from/bundle.json" view="deck"></sg-storyboard>

The panels

1. Where the thinking came from: Nothing in this book came from nowhere. (cover; Where the thinking came from)
2. Influences, as claims. Zara says: “Who taught you all this?” The Guide says: “An entry in this register is a falsifiable claim about my codebase.” (scene; Where the thinking came from, Why influences belong in this book)
3. Bret Victor, Inventing on Principle (2012). The Guide says: “Every step between you and the thing you are making, a compile, a deploy, a refresh, is a place whe (scene; Where the thinking came from, The opening, and learning)
4. Csikszentmihalyi: what produces the zone. Clear goals → Feedback → Challenge (spectrum; Where the thinking came from, The opening, and learning)
5. Anders Ericsson, Peak (2016). “Expertise comes from structured practice with immediate feedback at the edge of your ability, not from hours” (Where the thinking (evidence; Where the thinking came from, The opening, and learning)
6. Karl Popper. Sam says: “Prove it.” The Guide says: “a claim earns its status by being refutable” (scene; Where the thinking came from, Questioning and evidence)
7. Question everything, as a method. “the problem with dogma is not that it exists, but that you stop asking the question.” (Dinis Cruz, quoted in the register's e (evidence; Where the thinking came from, Questioning and evidence)
8. A trail of ideas the book stands on. 1945 → 1977 → 1991 → 1997 → 2005 → 2012 (spectrum; Where the thinking came from, the table)
9. Design is how it works. Priya says: “Is it simpler? Would going back feel worse?” (scene; Where the thinking came from, The villager's craft)
10. An exercise for the reader. “Know where your ideas come from; keep your own register.” (punchline; Where the thinking came from, An exercise for the reader)

Imported unchanged from SGit-AI/SGit-AI__Website__Gen-Z-Developers/admin/content/storyboards/06__where-the-thinking-came-from.json at commit e2a71808 (2026-10-19). Every quote and Guide line was checked word for word against admin/content/articles/10__where-the-thinking-came-from.md by the origin site's build. The cast is cast.json.