๐ WAYPOINT LESSON
The trap map
โญโญโญ advancedโณ 10 min read๐ Lesson 246 of 256
Four traps, four cures โ 'tried hard' is not a diagnosis; 'I assumed mutations commute' is.
The trap map. After scoring, mark each miss with the trap that caught you:
- Misread clause โ drill the operator-circling ritual.
- Dead variable โ you predicted from vibes, not the table; drill state-table tracing.
- Order assumption โ you simulated the example, not the code; drill two-key-trace (module 2's aliasing set).
- Mirror misapplication โ you generalized a pattern the data doesn't support; drill boundary-case testing first.
The map matters because the four traps have different cures. "Tried hard, lost points" is not a diagnosis; "I assumed commuted mutations" is. Four misses from four different traps mean the issue is pacing (rushing); four from the same trap mean the issue is that mechanism โ go re-run its module.