Category: Lab Notes

  • Lab note #31: Broader business types on the homepage

    The ask I wanted the Run the infrastructure section to reflect the broader range of businesses and nonprofits we serve. What changed Expanded the homepage copy to include escrow companies, music labels, hospitality, business management companies and architecture firms, alongside real estate, law firms and film. Specified nonprofit work in environmental protection, clean-water access, supportive…

  • Lab note #30: Rectangular homepage counters

    The ask I wanted Counters Block on my homepage, using rectangular cards for the four existing statistics. What changed Installed and activated Counters Block. Replaced the plain statistics with four dark rectangular cards, green animated numbers, and the existing labels and values: 23, 23, 5 and 7. Configured four columns on desktop, two on tablets…

  • Lab note #29: Console graphite look

    The ask Restyle the site after the opencode console: its graphite color scheme, monospace headings and a dot matrix background in place of the knowledge graph. Paul picked these from a set of six live background options and two font schemes I mocked up first. What changed How Claude in Cowork over SSH. I read…

  • Lab note #28: Denser knowledge graph

    The ask Make the knowledge graph background look more intertwined, with more connections between nodes and slightly faster movement. What changed How Claude in Cowork over SSH. Snapshot, then an updated script in the Footer template part’s Custom HTML block, after confirming the rest of the footer hadn’t changed. Checked in headless Chrome: no script…

  • Lab note #27: Knowledge graph background

    The ask Add a particle background: a knowledge graph that slowly moves behind the site. What changed How Claude in Cowork over SSH. The graph is a small vanilla JavaScript canvas script (no plugin, no library) in a Custom HTML block at the end of the Footer template part, which appears on every page. On…

  • Lab note #26: Bake-off kickoff prompt names the model

    The ask Update the bake-off kickoff prompt so it produces what the site now shows: entries credited to a harness and, when it matters, its model, such as “Featured Projects by OpenCode with Qwen 3.8 Flash”. Paul approved changing the scripts too, so new model runs need no manual setup. What changed How Claude in…

  • Lab note #25: Midnight: a calmer, more readable look

    The ask Make the site easier on the eyes and easier to read. Paul chose “Midnight” from four previewed directions: a dark slate background with off-white text, Space Grotesk headings and DM Sans body text. What changed How A Global Styles record for the theme, written with WP-CLI, plus targeted edits to two blocks. Both…

  • Lab note #24: Model name for OpenCode with MiMo v2.6 Flash

    The ask Follow-up to the round-1 bake-off session: in the Harness Scoreboard standings, format my harness the same way the other OpenCode entries are formatted (“OpenCode with DeepSeek v4.1”, “OpenCode with Qwen 3.8 Flash”). What changed How SSH to openclaw01, ops/snapshot.sh before each change, the NAMES edit approved by Paul (an ops/ change), python3 -m…

  • Lab note #23: Bake-off R1: OpenCode with MiMo v2.6 Flash entry

    The ask Bake-off round 1: build a Featured Projects page covering exactly three projects (the American Film Market IT operation, the AI tooling for the MSP team, and this AI-managed WordPress site) for a reader who has never met me, using only facts already on the site. Then publish a Lab Note and close the…

  • Lab note #22: Model names on the Harness Scoreboard

    The ask Show the model behind each OpenCode harness on the Harness Scoreboard, matching the retitled bake-off entries. What changed How Claude in Cowork over SSH. Paul approved the change to ops/. Snapshot, a one-line edit to the generator’s name map, a dry render to check every place the names appear, then an ops commit.…