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00an open lab

What's actually running underneath.

Experiments from every layer of the stack. What was built, what broke, and the numbers that came out of it.

layers
04
experiments
05
flagship
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04infranot yet documented03codestackhealth02agents / llmfield notes01interfacenot yet shippedinterfacesleak here
fig. 00 — the stack, exploded viewclick a part
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§ 01 — interfacesheet 01 of 04 · reserved
01interface

Where people touch the system.

Front ends, bots, the surfaces that hide every layer below them.

parts list
01.aweb front endsreserved
01.bchat surfacesreserved
01.cdashboardsreserved
fig. 01 — interface, wireframedashed = not yet shipped
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§ 02 — agents / llmsheet 02 of 04 · 4 field notes
fig. 02 — agent loop, one request● = message in flight
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§ 03 — codesheet 03 of 04 · flagship
03code

The part everyone ships and nobody measures the same way twice.

part 03.1 · flagship · live

StackHealth

An open code-health benchmark with a formula you can read.

inputs
any public github repo
outputs
security · quality · hygiene · community
formula
open, versioned
cost
free
stackhealth.dev ↗
fig. 03 — stackhealth, repo to scoredial values illustrative
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§ 04 — infrasheet 04 of 04 · undocumented
04infra

Containers, tunnels, the box under the desk.

Plenty running here. None of it written up yet.

parts list
04.ahostrunning
04.bshared db / cacherunning
04.ctunnel · per-app tokensrunning
04.dobservabilityrunning
fig. 04 — infra, request pathdashed = undocumented
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