Before you can direct AI to write code, you need to read what it produces and know when it's wrong. That starts here.
Tina Huang put it exactly right: "If your coding sucks and you don't know how to code, it's like putting lipstick on a pig." AI coding agents amplify what you already know — they don't replace the foundation. Phase A gives you that foundation, plus the single most important skill you asked for: reading code and spotting what's wrong with it.
Read this lesson on your commute → do the Exercism exercises in the evening → paste your code to Cody (/learn A1) for review → do the flaw drill at the end of the week → mark complete and move on.