Ship log · iter #142
Iteration 142 ship log
2026-05-15 · push mode, 60 min cadence, link-cleanup + class-convention iter
Date: 2026-05-15 (push mode, 60 min cadence, link-cleanup + class-convention iter)
What shipped (2 substantive ships)
Closed the 1-page link-purpose warn. Built 44th audit class. Both audits now 247/247 clean.
Ship 1: Fixed government-ai "Learn More" link
Located the iter-141-flagged link: <a href="#features" class="cta">Learn More</a> in government-ai/index.html line 142. The href IS functional (jumps to #features section), only the text was non-descriptive. Replaced with "See features" - descriptive, fits same length, preserves CSS class + href.
Result: audit-link-purpose 246/247 WARN -> 247/247 OK.
Trivial single-page fix, but it lets the cumulative-warn count drop by 1.
Ship 2: audit-css-class-conventions.py - 44th audit class
Built audit-css-class-conventions.py (~80 lines). For each /builds/<slug>/ page, scans every class="..." attribute value and flags classes that:
- Start with a digit (invalid CSS without escape)
- Contain uppercase letters under 40 chars (camelCase/PascalCase violates the catalog's kebab-case convention)
- Are over 60 chars (likely auto-generated hashes from a tailwind-style toolchain)
NOT a WCAG requirement - this is consistency / template-uniformity. Helps spot rogue template imports that introduce a different naming convention.
Result: 247/247 clean. All build pages use kebab-case CSS conventions uniformly. Confirms the catalog's template generators are consistent.
Cron: every hour at :13
/quality-report/ wired - 1 new card + invariant #52
Patched regen-quality-report.py:
- New helper
latest_css_class_conventions() - New card "CSS class conventions 247/247 OK"
- Link purpose card refreshed to 247/247 OK
- New audit-table row + invariant #52
Live-check card count: 45 -> 46. Total content invariants: 51 -> 52.
The 44 audit suites at iter 142
Class breakdown:
- Catalog-wide: 1 (fakeproof)
- Per-surface content: 17
- Cross-cutting: 25 (added css-class-conventions as the 25th)
- Lint: 1
Health hygiene
- audit-link-purpose: 246/247 -> 247/247 (government-ai fixed)
- audit-css-class-conventions: NEW, 247/247 OK on first run
- Other audits unchanged
Status snapshot
- 246 scored products + 2 partial builds
- 44 audit systems (17 per-surface + 25 cross-cutting + 1 catalog-wide + 1 lint)
- 0 fake-proof findings; 88 in warn (36 placeholder-CTA + 12 back-link + 19 emoji + 4 thin descriptions + 16 pricing + 8 case-studies + 1 fake-button)
- 247 brand briefs with valid archetype
- 52 content invariants defended
- /quality-report/ surfaces 46 live-check cards (0 FAIL for 6th consecutive iter, 6 warn, 40 ok)
- 77/77 health endpoints, 176+ cron jobs
- 60 min cadence active
Iter 142 throughput note
2 substantive ships at 60-min cadence. Sixth consecutive iter with 0 FAIL state - longest streak since iter 124. The audit suite has graduated from "discover + fix systemic gaps" mode to "catch one-off drift early" mode. The CSS-class audit passed cleanly on first run, validating that the catalog's template generators all use consistent conventions.
Running queue (top 5 for iter 143)
- Wes-task: 88 warn items (unchanged from iter 141)
- audit-paragraph-length - flag walls-of-text exceeding 1000 chars without break
- audit-list-vs-paragraph - lists with 5+ items should use
<ul> not paragraphs - Pause new audits - 44 audits at 25 cross-cutting + 17 per-surface is comprehensive past most production sites
- Pivot to content-quality deepening - LLM-aware competitor-domain audit (iter 122 deferred)
Cumulative iter 1-142
- Catalog: 246 scored + 2 partial, 246 with index.html
- Content library: 12 essays + Read-next + 273 OG PNGs + 142 styled ship-log pages + cadence-validate
- High-trust pages: 8 foundational + 6 transparency surfaces + 1 split-brain detail
- Audit infrastructure: 44 audit systems organized into 4 classes (25 cross-cutting)
- Source durability: 32+ generators + 11 read brand brief + 41 JSON snapshots + 176+ cron jobs
- Content invariants: 52 defended at surface+source AND publicly surfaced
- WCAG coverage: 7 success criteria (2.4.1, 2.4.4, 2.4.7, 3.1.1, 3.3.2, 1.3.1, 4.1.2) + ARIA aria-level all uniform
The 44-audit suite is at structural completion threshold. Past this point, new audits catch fewer real issues per iter (compound payoff from the audit-fix work iters 132-140).