Ben Stull
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# Session 0037.0 — Transcript
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> Date: 2026-05-28 → 2026-05-29 (spanned midnight, PST implied)
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> Goal: Operator-driven philosophy session — pressure-test the OHM
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> thesis, then capture the architecture it produced as deployment
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> content. No rfc-app release.
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>
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> Outcome: **Two `ohm-rfc` content docs shipped + deployed to OHM.**
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> `PHILOSOPHY.md` reframed off the model-training story onto
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> "software is built operationalizing OHM concepts"; new
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> `OPERATIONAL-MODEL.md` captures the concept→mechanic operational
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> layer + its governance. Live at https://ohm.wiggleverse.org/api/philosophy.
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> No version bump (content, not framework).
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>
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> Notes:
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> - This session did **not** run the start-gesture claim; ID 0037 was
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> claimed at session end (the §83/§7 fallback). Start time is
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> **approximate** (best estimate from the conversation + the content
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> commit at 2026-05-29T00-05).
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> - A **parallel session (0036.0)** pushed a ROADMAP-reconcile commit
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> onto `ben.stull/ohm-rfc` main on top of this session's content
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> commit; the fast-forward was clean (no conflict).
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---
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## Pre-session state
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- **OHM live**: rfc-app v0.29.0, deploys.id=40, healthy
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(`/api/health` → `{"version":"0.29.0","status":"ok"}`).
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- **ohm-rfc pin** (`.rfc-app-version`): 0.29.0.
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- **ohm-rfc HEAD** at session open: `02d22fe` (ROADMAP #18 flotilla
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v1.3.0 webhook verb, Session 0035.0). Working tree clean.
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- **Live `/api/philosophy`**: served the original `PHILOSOPHY.md`
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("Large language models work brilliantly with programming
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languages…") — the model-training-framed version.
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- The operator opened with a roadmap question, which became an
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extended design conversation about what OHM is *for*.
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---
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## Turn-by-turn arc
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### Arc 1 — Roadmap status read
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Operator asked "what's left in the roadmap." Read `ohm-rfc/ROADMAP.md`
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(2245 lines) end-to-end + the version-targets table. Reported: the
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Phase A–E feature arc (#1–#16) is shipped; what remains is a tail —
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#22 (pro-consent copy, waiting on operator-drafted + counsel-reviewed
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text), #21 Part A (Amplitude audit, waiting on real-world data),
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#18/#20 ops follow-throughs (bounce wiring, DMARC ramp), the
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naming-alignment arc (#33, plus #34 to formally close), and two
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screenshot-gated polish slices (#31b, #25-followup). Flagged that the
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#27/v0.24.0 row read stale against the 0.29.0 pin (it has since been
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reconciled — see Arc 5's note on the parallel 0036.0 commit).
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### Arc 2 — "Is OHM a good idea?" → the thesis
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Operator asked for a genuine opinion, then supplied the thesis: an
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**ethical social and content platform** ("wiggling through the
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world") where interaction and machine-use serve the humans involved,
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and where **defining the concepts** (informed consent, etc.) drives
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the engagement model. Pressure-tested it: the real insight is that
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existing platforms run on *implicit* definitions ("engagement =
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clicks") and that's the source of harm; making the definitions
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explicit and prior to the mechanics is the principled move. Pushed on
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three risks: (1) the gap between a definition and a mechanic is where
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the difficulty/harm lives; (2) left-brain/right-brain is a
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credibility liability if treated as load-bearing; (3) governance —
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who defines, and the self-selection of RFC-writers.
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### Arc 3 — Operational RFCs (the architecture crystallizes)
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Operator: "we also need RFCs for the operational model, not just
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concepts." This closed the gap from Arc 2. Settled the shape:
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**two RFC kinds** — concept RFCs (declarative contract) and
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operational RFCs (mechanic, must cite the concept it serves, carries
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a validation/sunset clause). Traceability makes "is this ethical?"
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checkable. Then operator: "these are specs for mechanics, but people
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collaborate on them — not 'XYZ PM owns the spec.'" Settled the
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governance edge: collaboration ≠ unowned; the real artifact is the
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**ratification procedure**; the concept layer is the spine that keeps
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disputes from being bikeshedding; keep accountability locatable
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(distributed authorship + recorded ratification). Open question left
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deliberately: the tie-break when two co-authors both argue their
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mechanic serves the concept.
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### Arc 4 — Capturing it as docs
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Operator asked whether to add this beside the philosophy doc or weave
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it in. Recommended **separate doc + one-line bridge** (different
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altitude, different maturity, introduces a second RFC kind). Wrote
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`ohm-rfc/OPERATIONAL-MODEL.md` and added a forward-pointer inside
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`PHILOSOPHY.md`'s "How the framework operationalizes this" section.
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Operator then made two corrections that reshaped `PHILOSOPHY.md`
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itself:
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1. "It's not just models trained on OHM — software is *built using*
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OHM concepts." Added a "Two ways a system can consume OHM"
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section to `OPERATIONAL-MODEL.md` naming software-construction as
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load-bearing, model-grounding as the bonus.
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2. "We shouldn't talk about model training here at all." Confirmed
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scope via question → "drop training, keep co-authoring." Rewrote
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`PHILOSOPHY.md`: opening, three-panel diagram, "asymmetry",
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"code's dictionary", and the humility note recast from
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"models trained on OHM → wiser output" to "software built on
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undefined human concepts → harm; define them so software is built
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right." **Kept verbatim**: the human+machine co-authoring
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mechanism, the POSIX/IETF/HTTP standards analogy, the three-part
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definition (meaning/relationships/protocol), the close.
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### Arc 5 — Commit + deploy
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Committed both docs to `ohm-rfc` main (`9a4277c`), pushed to `origin`
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(`ben/ohm-rfc`, a Gitea redirect to `ben.stull/ohm-rfc` — same repo;
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the username was renamed). Then traced the **actual content-deploy
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path**, which is non-obvious:
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- `PHILOSOPHY.md` is deployment-side rich content read from a **VM
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file** (`PHILOSOPHY_PATH=/opt/ohm-rfc-app/meta-content/PHILOSOPHY.md`),
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**not** baked by `flotilla deploy` (nothing in flotilla syncs
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`meta-content/`; deploy only pulls rfc-app code at the pin).
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- The VM's `meta-content` is a clone of `ben.stull/ohm-rfc`, but it
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was **frozen at an ancient commit** (`eae9dc5`, pin 0.2.1 era) —
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never pulled since early bootstrap. Working tree clean on `main`.
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- `git pull --ff-only` on the VM clone (as `ohm-rfc-app`, via IAP SSH)
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fast-forwarded it. It landed on `6cf7e41` — **a parallel session
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0036.0 had pushed a ROADMAP reconcile on top of `9a4277c`**; clean
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FF, my content included underneath.
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- The backend caches `PHILOSOPHY.md` in-process (`philosophy.load()`
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fills a module `_cache`; `refresh()` exists but **nothing calls
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it** — the "periodic re-read" in the docstring is not wired). So a
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pull alone didn't update the live API. **Restarted
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`ohm-rfc-app.service`** (targeted, not a full `flotilla deploy`,
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since deploy wouldn't touch `meta-content`).
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- Verified: `/api/health` → 0.29.0 ok; `/api/philosophy` now serves
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the rewritten philosophy ("Software that touches programming
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concepts works…").
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---
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## Cut state (end of session)
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| --- | --- |
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| ohm-rfc | `9a4277c` (this session's content) — now under remote tip `6cf7e41` (0036.0's ROADMAP reconcile FF'd on top). Pushed to `origin`/`ben.stull`. |
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| ohm-rfc local checkout | behind remote by 0036.0's commit (not pulled locally — parallel session active; see plate). |
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| OHM live | deploys.id=40, v0.29.0, healthy. `meta-content` clone advanced `eae9dc5`→`6cf7e41`; `ohm-rfc-app.service` restarted. |
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| ohm-rfc pin | 0.29.0 (unchanged — content-only session). |
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| /api/philosophy | ✅ serving the rewritten `PHILOSOPHY.md`. |
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| Item | Status |
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| --- | --- |
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| `PHILOSOPHY.md` reframe (de-model-training) | ✅ shipped + deployed (no version) |
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| `OPERATIONAL-MODEL.md` new doc | ✅ shipped to repo + VM; ⚠️ not surfaced on-site (no route serves it; the `./OPERATIONAL-MODEL.md` link in the rendered philosophy will 404) |
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---
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## §19.2 candidates surfaced
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1. **`meta-content` is not synced by any gesture.** The VM's
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`/opt/ohm-rfc-app/meta-content` clone had drifted ~27 minor
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versions behind `ben.stull/ohm-rfc` and was only updated tonight by
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a hand `git pull`. There is no flotilla verb, deploy phase, or hook
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that refreshes deployment rich content. Candidate: a
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`flotilla content sync <deployment>` verb (pull meta-content +
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restart, or hit a refresh endpoint), so `PHILOSOPHY.md`/`DOCS.md`
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edits don't require a manual IAP-SSH `git pull` + `systemctl
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restart`.
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2. **`philosophy.refresh()` / `docs.refresh()` are dead code.** The
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in-process cache is only cleared by process restart; the documented
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"reconciler sweep calls `force=True`" has no caller. Either wire a
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periodic refresh (so content edits go live on a cadence without a
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restart) or delete the dead `refresh()` + fix the docstring. A
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`POST /api/philosophy/refresh` (owner-gated) would let #1's verb
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avoid a full service restart.
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3. **`OPERATIONAL-MODEL.md` has no on-site home.** Only
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`PHILOSOPHY.md` (and `DOCS.md`) have read routes. The new sibling
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doc's intra-philosophy link 404s in the rendered page. Candidate:
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a generic meta-content doc route, or fold the operational-model
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content into the `/docs` surface, or add it to the SPEC-style doc
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browser shipped in #30.
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4. **Repo-identity drift bit again (relates to #33).** `ben/ohm-rfc`
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vs `ben.stull/ohm-rfc` (redirect, OK) and the overlay's
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`META_REPO=ohm-meta` (a *third* repo, `wiggleverse/ohm-meta`, whose
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`PHILOSOPHY.md` differs and is unused because the `PHILOSOPHY_PATH`
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file override wins). The naming-alignment arc (#33) should resolve
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which repo is canonical for deployment content and retire the
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unused `ohm-meta` path or make it the real source.
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---
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## What lands on the operator's plate
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1. **Read the two docs** — `ohm-rfc/PHILOSOPHY.md` (rewritten) and
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`ohm-rfc/OPERATIONAL-MODEL.md` (new). The philosophy is live; the
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operational-model doc is the design capture of tonight's
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conversation. Pull `ohm-rfc` locally to get `6cf7e41` (the local
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checkout is behind by 0036.0's commit).
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2. **Decide if `OPERATIONAL-MODEL.md` should be surfaced on-site**
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(§19.2 candidate 3) — today it's repo + VM only.
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3. **The open governance tie-break** (Arc 3) is unanswered by design
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— "when two co-authors both argue their mechanic serves the cited
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concept, what breaks the tie?" The answer *is* the platform's
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governance model and should be settled consciously, likely as the
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first operational RFC.
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4. **left-brain/right-brain caution** (Arc 2): hold as a frame under
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test, not a poured foundation, or it undercuts the rigor pitch.
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---
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## Prompt the operator can paste into the next Claude Code session
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```
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You are an OHM driver session. Reserve your own session ID
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(~/git/ohm-infra/scripts/claim-session-id.sh --start <now>) — the number
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is advisory. Read ohm-rfc/ROADMAP.md + its "Operating instructions" block.
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Recent context (Session 0037.0, 2026-05-28→29): a content-only session
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rewrote ohm-rfc/PHILOSOPHY.md off the model-training framing onto
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"software is built operationalizing OHM concepts," and added a new
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ohm-rfc/OPERATIONAL-MODEL.md capturing the concept→mechanic operational
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layer + its governance. Both are committed (9a4277c, under remote tip
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6cf7e41 after parallel session 0036.0's ROADMAP reconcile) and the
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philosophy is LIVE (pulled the VM meta-content clone + restarted
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ohm-rfc-app.service). OHM is on v0.29.0, deploys.id=40, healthy.
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Deployment-content gotcha worth fixing: PHILOSOPHY.md/DOCS.md are served
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from the VM's /opt/ohm-rfc-app/meta-content git clone, which NO gesture
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syncs — it had drifted to a 0.2.1-era commit. The backend caches the
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file in-process and refresh() is never called, so updating content needs
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a hand `git -C meta-content pull` + `systemctl restart ohm-rfc-app`
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(via IAP SSH). Consider a `flotilla content sync` verb (§19.2 candidate).
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Open roadmap tail: #22 (pro-consent copy, needs operator+counsel text),
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#21 Part A (Amplitude audit, needs real-world data), #18/#20 ops
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follow-throughs (bounce wiring, DMARC ramp), #33/#34 naming alignment,
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#31b + #25-followup (screenshot-gated polish). No core features remain.
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Pick one, or ask the operator what's next.
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```
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