It wasn't flashy advice, but Leo was tired of magic. He wanted plumbing.

And that was the real final project.

He never met Andrew Mead. But every time Leo opened a console, caught a bug before a client did, or helped a junior dev debug their first broken onClick , he was passing on a small piece of that calm, plumbing-first wisdom.

Leo followed along. He added the button. He wired the function. But when he clicked, nothing happened. The array of options stubbornly remained. He rewatched the video. He checked his syntax. He even typed Andrew’s code character for character. Nothing.