When an AI tool hands you a working page or app, you're not done. You're at the start of a conversation. Here's how to read the result like someone who knows what they're doing, even if you don't understand the code.
Look at it, don't read it
Open the preview. Does it look like what you asked for? Ignore the code itself for now.
Test the thing it's supposed to do
If you asked for a countdown, does the number actually count down? If you asked for a form, does clicking submit do something?
Name what's wrong in plain language
Not "the div isn't rendering correctly." Say "the button is in the wrong place" or "it looks too corporate, I said warm." The AI can translate your plain-language feedback into a fix far better than you translating it into technical language first.
COMMON BEGINNER MISTAKE: trying to read and understand every line of code before trusting the result. You don't review a contractor's blueprints line by line either. You check whether the room looks and works right.
THIS WEEK: the next time an AI tool gives you something, resist the urge to just say "looks good." Test one thing on purpose before you accept it.