Ship log · iter #83
Iteration 83 ship log
2026-05-14 · push mode, 45 min cadence, small NEW-value iter
Date: 2026-05-14 (push mode, 45 min cadence, small NEW-value iter)
What shipped (2 substantive ships)
Ship 1: OG image for reading-adoptability essay
The iter 82 new essay borrowed five-patterns OG as a placeholder. Iter 83 generated a dedicated one.
Steps:
- Extended
regen-og-images.py with playbook-reading-adoptability entry. Title: "How to read an Adoptability score honestly." Subtitle: "1800 words. The catalog navigation signal, explained." - Ran generator: 18 total OG images (was 17)
- Updated essay's
og:image meta tag from playbook-five-patterns.png to playbook-reading-adoptability.png
The 10th essay now has its dedicated share card.
Ship 2: /factory/adoptability/ cross-linked to new essay
The /factory/adoptability/ page is the scoring rubric definition. The iter 82 essay is the operator-reader's manual. Natural pair. Added a green-bordered banner ABOVE the "How to read a composite score" section:
Operator essay: The full reader manual for the Adoptability score is at /factory/playbooks/reading-adoptability/. 10 minute read. Four reading modes. Three axes most operators misread. The tier rule that beats the tier.
A buyer landing on /adoptability/ (technical rubric page) now has a one-click path to the deeper operator-honest essay. The two pages reinforce each other: /adoptability/ defines the axes, /playbooks/reading-adoptability/ teaches how to USE them.
Status snapshot
- 238 products, 0 broken pages, 0 fake-proof violations
- 10 essays (~18,300 words) + 18 OG images (added reading-adoptability)
- 8 high-trust pages + 3 transparency surfaces, all cross-linked
- 26 hand-polished products
- 10 content invariants defended at surface+source
- audit-fakeproof.py: 0 hard findings, cron at 4:30am verified yesterday + today
- stripe-webhook.py skeleton ready
- 73/73 health endpoints, 2316 sitemap URLs
- 45 min cadence active
Iter 83 throughput note
2 substantive ships in a 45-min iter. The catalog is genuinely mature. The size of each iter's deliverable is consistent with steady-state polish + new-value mode.
Running queue (top 5 for iter 84)
- /factory/api/ documentation page - the biggest unbuilt surface. ~30 min to build.
- Cross-link /factory/playbooks/reading-adoptability/ from /factory/quality-report/ (the "10 content invariants" list could link to the essay where applicable)
- Periodic verification of older polished products (sample 5 randomly, check quality)
- Step cadence to 60 min if iter 84 also produces only 2 ships (mature-catalog signal)
- Idle ship candidate: write an internal-facing /factory/log/ INDEX page that lists all 83 ship logs with brief summaries
Cumulative iter 1-83
- Catalog: 238 products, 0 broken, 0 fabrications, 26 hand-polished
- Content library: 10 essays (~18,300 words) + 18 OG cards
- High-trust pages: 8 + 3 transparency surfaces, fully cross-linked
- Source durability: 15+ generators + audit-fakeproof.py daily + stripe-webhook.py skeleton
- Content invariants: 10 defended at surface+source AND surfaced live on /quality-report/
The factory's credibility infrastructure is complete. Each iter at 45-min cadence ships 2 incremental improvements. Iter 84 will be a good test of whether to step cadence again or commit to /factory/api/ as a bigger ship.