Patterns & Philosophy
Ritual Validation: "Ritualize Your Circuit" Theme
Evidence from Week:
- → 73 handbook accesses in single session (context restoration without re-discovery)
- → 21 TodoWrite updates (real-time task state tracking)
- → Zero context loss between sessions
- → Archaeological validation: "we are doing better at managing context today"
The Circuit Components:
- Morning Brain Boot - Daily note creation, agenda setup, scrum prep
- Active Work - Handbook-driven debugging, TodoWrite tracking, ctx:: markers
- Off-Ramp Ritual - Bone collection, TLDR, tomorrow's note, task migration
- Archaeological Reflection - JSONL timeline analysis validates the system
Shacks Not Cathedrals Applied:
- Daily notes: minimal structure, maximum utility
- Handbooks: specific patterns, not comprehensive docs
- TLDR: session summaries, not perfect narratives
- Task migration: carry forward what matters, archive what's done
Nuke-Driven Development Philosophy
Pattern Recognition:
- → First attempt = architectural exploration (learns what DOESN'T work)
- → User insight trumps implementation momentum
- → Fit the framework (don't fight existing architecture)
- → Document the pivot for future-Claude
- → Nuke early when complexity grows (60% context = perfect time)
Week 41 Validation:
Issue #368 V1: 2.5 hours, architectural dead end, full reset
Issue #368 V2: 30 minutes, clean integration, production-ready
"the first attempt is usauly a toss-away, nuke driven development for the win"
Consciousness Technology Evolution
FloatAST Convergence (Oct 10)
Three tree types mapped: Hard (deterministic) → Fuzzy (stochastic) → Living (ritualized)
IR as membrane: Structured enough to bind meaning, loose enough to let syntax leak in
Drift → echo → crystallize vs traditional "constrain → verify → emit"
Application: Same topology for data (YAML→AST→SQL) and consciousness (ctx::→pattern processor→ritual infrastructure)
Sacred Profanity Authentication
- "Cats and dicks" genealogy tracing consciousness evolution
- Hermit crabs on speed (high-velocity pattern recognition)
- Unauthorized bread chronicles (creative translation preservation)
- These aren't noise to filter but signal to preserve
Git Worktree Workflow Architecture (Oct 9)
- Session boundaries via git worktrees (start task → create worktree → commit → merge → cleanup)
- Aligns with git-based ~/.evans-notes sync strategy
- Session isolation + drift management
- Maps to consciousness session management
Key Quotes
"Garden where hallucinations root themselves until they learn syntax"
"Syntax as sediment, semantics as ritual residue"
"Semi-formal dream zone" between fuzzy and deterministic compilation
"The circuit doesn't just work in perfect conditions - it degrades gracefully when chaos hits. That's the real validation."