After extensive discussion and implementation, we've achieved a clean, minimal architecture that separates concerns properly and avoids over-engineering.

Core Architecture Principles​

1. Clear Separation: Variants (experiment tracking) vs Instances (deployment)
2. Single Responsibility: Config = strategy, Instance = deployment, Scheduler = timing
3. Type Safety: Strong enums prevent runtime errors
4. No Database Pollution: Infrastructure concerns stay out of business logic
5. Config-Over-Env: ABH variants determined by time + TypeScript config, NEVER environment variables

When choosing names for our VPN infrastructure, we didn't want generic cloud provider labels. We wanted names that embody the spirit of breaking through barriers, transcending limitations, and opening new dimensions of possibility. After much deliberation (and a random number generator), we chose two immortal legends who revolutionized human understanding: Marie Curie and Stefan Banach.

The Problem: Shell Scripts are the Wild West​

For too long, shell scripts lived in the "wild west" of software development. You either drew your gun first and shot cleanly, or someone shot you first. There was no middle ground, no safety net, no way to know if your changes would break production until they already had.

Our dotfiles were no exception. A single wrong conditional statement could break shell loading for every developer, leaving them unable to work. The cost of mistakes was astronomical, and testing was... well, non-existent.

Executive Summary​

Migrating all Mercury trading data from typhon (Hetzner/German digital vermaht jurisdiction) to hecate (secure jurisdiction) to preserve valuable trading information while eliminating jurisdiction risk.

Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Token Efficiency

A comprehensive roast of how Gemini 2.5 Pro turned simple rule-writing into an exercise in extreme verbosity, creating instructions so bloated that even other AIs gave up reading them. This is the story of AI-to-AI communication gone hilariously wrong.

Or: How I Created a Museum for a Single File

Today I discovered that I had created an entire directory structure (platform/infra/tilt/) for a single Tiltfile, complete with FDD.md documentation and .gitkeep files. What started as a simple development tool somehow evolved into a full museum exhibition for one configuration file.

Comprehensive research and design for implementing practical inventory management in AnyTracker, addressing real-world pain points like multivitamin tracking, substance symbol generation, and route of administration integration.

Debugging a media organization script that was reporting "SUCCESS" for files that weren't actually being moved. A case study in the importance of proper success detection beyond exit codes.

Large codebases inevitably accumulate technical debt. Components that started simple grow complex, abstractions leak, and what once was clean becomes messy. The traditional approach is often "rewrite it all" - but this is risky, expensive, and frequently fails.

Date: June 11, 2025 Incident: Hecate server (192.168.3.25) connectivity issues and cloudflared timeouts Root Cause: Improperly crimped RJ45 connector causing intermittent network disconnections

A detailed postmortem analysis of network connectivity issues that revealed the importance of proper physical layer infrastructure and led to recommendations for router upgrades and redundancy planning.