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Web Interface/Interface & language

AI Interfaces

5 micro-topics in Web Interface, each with the evidence that proves you have it and the written reason behind every link. Before you start, it rests on 7 other domains. Nothing in the map rests on it yet — it is a leaf.

5 topics  ·  depth 4–10 of 16  ·  1 internal link  ·  9 in  ·  0 out

Before you start

Load-bearing links first. Each one says what in this domain rests on what outside it, and why.

React

2 links

load-bearing

Render streamed output progressively rests on Manage component state

Progressive rendering updates state on every chunk.

API Contracts

1 link

load-bearing

Keep types safe across the stack rests on Express a contract in OpenAPI

Generated clients come from a specification.

JavaScript Core

1 link

load-bearing

Consume server-sent events in the browser rests on Write async and await

Stream consumption is asynchronous iteration.

HTML & Semantic Markup

1 link

load-bearing

Handle multimodal file input rests on Build accessible forms

File input is a form control.

Streaming Responses

1 link

load-bearing

Consume server-sent events in the browser rests on Serve server-sent events

Something has to serve the stream you consume.

TypeScript Types

1 link

load-bearing

Keep types safe across the stack rests on Annotate types

End-to-end types require typed clients.

Model Integration

2 links

supporting

Manage conversation history in the UI rests on Maintain chat context

The UI mirrors how context is carried on the server.

supporting

Handle multimodal file input rests on Process images and documents

Upload UI exists to feed multimodal input.

What you will be able to do

In prerequisite order. Each idea names the artifact that closes it, the market demand that put it on the map, and what it stands on.

Depth 4  ·  procedural  ·  scaffolded  ·  M21 §21.4

Handle multimodal file input

Accepts drag-and-drop with preview and progress

Evidence
Uploads a document with visible progress and errors
Market anchor
Frontend engineering
Rests on
load-bearing

Build accessible forms · HTML & Semantic Markup

File input is a form control.

supporting

Process images and documents · Model Integration

Upload UI exists to feed multimodal input.

Depth 5  ·  representational  ·  scaffolded  ·  M21 §21.3

Keep types safe across the stack

Generates clients from OpenAPI and mirrors schemas

Evidence
A backend schema change breaks the build, not production
Market anchor
TypeScript · API design
Rests on
load-bearing

Annotate types · TypeScript Types

End-to-end types require typed clients.

load-bearing

Express a contract in OpenAPI · API Contracts

Generated clients come from a specification.

Depth 8  ·  conceptual  ·  unassisted  ·  M21 §21.2

Manage conversation history in the UI

Persists and replays messages

Evidence
Reload restores the conversation
Market anchor
Frontend engineering
Rests on
load-bearing

Manage component state · React

History is state.

supporting

Maintain chat context · Model Integration

The UI mirrors how context is carried on the server.

Depth 9  ·  procedural  ·  scaffolded  ·  M21 §21.2

Consume server-sent events in the browser

Reads a token stream from a React client

Evidence
Renders tokens as they arrive without buffering
Market anchor
Streaming · React
Rests on
load-bearing

Serve server-sent events · Streaming Responses

Something has to serve the stream you consume.

load-bearing

Write async and await · JavaScript Core

Stream consumption is asynchronous iteration.

Depth 10  ·  procedural  ·  scaffolded  ·  M21 §21.2

Render streamed output progressively

Handles partial markdown and code safely

Evidence
Streamed markdown never renders broken mid-token
Market anchor
Frontend engineering
Rests on
load-bearing

Consume server-sent events in the browser

You render what you are receiving.

load-bearing

Manage component state · React

Progressive rendering updates state on every chunk.

What rests on this domain

Everything downstream that names an idea here as a prerequisite, grouped by where it lives.

Nothing in the map rests on this domain yet — it is a leaf.

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Free · Remote · 17 weeks · EIN 86-2122804