MENTOR TRACK // M08
Rebuild Everything, Often
Snapshots are your friend; rebuilding is your teacher.
When to rebuild
- After you complete a chain: reproduce it from clean without notes.
- When the lab drifts and you cannot explain a state.
- Before a capstone: start from a known baseline.
- When a defensive control was added: retest with it in place.
Why it works
Repetition from scratch converts memorized commands into procedural knowledge. If you cannot rebuild it, you did not learn it; you observed it.