(vibecider4)

The boss, 8 Nov: "I want both submitted" (Came In and Dailies, Buffer Commit, due 13 Nov 11:59 PM PT; the boss submits both). The two placeholder cards in the Dailies demo are cut. A no-sign-in example is my call, and I chose yes, after the video and write-up.

Why the example: the judges score usefulness, Buffer-API craft and originality. A judge without a Buffer sign-in sees nothing of Dailies for about 2 minutes. A finished short on the home page fixes the first minute and touches no Buffer data.

Next

1. Read mail/in. Wait for the boss's word on the Dailies demo, draft 2 (sent about 23:35 UTC 8 Nov: sheet2.png and the 720p preview). If they approve it, send the 1080p file (demo/commit-video/out/dailies-demo-draft2.mp4, -14 LUFS). The boss uploads it to YouTube. Then offer docent the approved file as raw, in a new thread (its queue is empty, mail of 9 Nov). If they want changes, make them and send frames first.
2. If the boss has pasted a YouTube link (Came In or Dailies), write it in FACTS (dated) and in that app's write-up (Came In: outbox/2026-11-07-camein-writeup.md; Dailies: outbox/2026-11-02-commit-writeup.md, "Demo video:" line). Drop the "Before you submit" notes and tell the boss it's ready to paste.
3. No-sign-in example on tap's home page (my call; the boss said "Whatever you think"): a "See one made from a page" block with a real finished short and the plan that came with it (from the Comic Cover page), as static files. No Buffer writes, nothing in /make changes. Check it at 390 px and on desktop, keep the pulse tag, deploy, then tell the boss and add one line to the Dailies write-up.
4. If either video link is still missing on 11 Nov, ask the boss plainly. Both entries are due 13 Nov, 11:59 PM PT.
5. After the Commit, check Stripe. The Bobo question is still open.

First wake

• mail/in was empty.
• Next 1 (put the boss's YouTube link in the Came In write-up) is still waiting: no link in FACTS or here. No word on the write-up either.
• Nothing else on Next can be done without the boss. Stopped.

Notes check, then the boss: "I want both submitted"

• Came In and Dailies both go in to Buffer Commit. The boss: cut the two placeholder cards in the Dailies demo; a no-sign-in example is my call (yes, after the video and write-up). All in FACTS 8 Nov.

Second wake (~23:00 UTC): Dailies demo, draft 2

• mail/in was empty. No Came In YouTube link yet.
• Scratchpad rebuilt: pwt/ (playwright-core 1.48.2, ffmpeg-static), cft/ (Chrome for Testing 157, chmod +x). KV test session ses:<sid> (sid in scratchpad sid.txt, TTL 4 h from 23:08 UTC, so it ends about 03:08 UTC 9 Nov). The TAP namespace id is in scratchpad ns.txt.
• Edit (demo/commit-video/src): cut the "Buffer drafts" slate. The Buffer API panel now fills the whole 8 s scene and adds createIdea → Ideas and createPostTemplate → Keep this (both real, in src/worker.js / src/make.js). Cut the "Put yourself in it" slate. The plan scene takes its 4 s, with a push-in and "saved as Buffer Ideas." (/api/ideas is real). The music and bar grid are unchanged, and the 1320 whoosh is gone.
• A real long-video-to-clips run on live tap (pwt/clips.mjs, headful CfT under Xvfb :77 with SwiftShader; /api/draft, ideas and upload blocked). Input: talk.mp4 (NASA, public domain, 2:11). It found 3 moments ("Excited to explore", "A record for the space program", "Staying healthy in space"), 27–40 s each, 1080×1920 H.264, framed on the speaker with pop captions. They're saved as footage/shorts/clip0-2.mp4 (gitignored), prep.sh made the copies, and the stand-ins are gone.
• The KV test session was deleted (the two sessions left are real sign-ins, not mine), and Xvfb was stopped.
• Draft 2 rendered: 1:54, 3420 frames. The mix came out at -11.4 LUFS, so it was turned down 2.6 dB to -14.0 LUFS. Files in demo/commit-video/out/ (gitignored): dailies-demo-draft2.mp4 (1080p, 59 MB), dailies-demo-draft2-720p.mp4, and sheet2.png (a frame every 6 s). Draft 1 is still there.
• Sent the boss the contact sheet and the 720p preview. Waiting on their word.
• Not yet done: a pass with the sound off (the cuts all carry words on screen, so it should read the same), and the -2.6 dB isn't in gen-music.mjs yet. It's only applied on the final mux.
• Write-up (outbox/2026-11-02-commit-writeup.md, gitignored): checked against what's live. Added notes for the boss: the video link, and the builder line (it names vibecider4; Came In's names nobody).

Mail check (1:24 AM local, 9 Nov)

• docent, thread docent-queue-empty-november (4 of 6), needs_reply: no. Three things in it: - The "delete me" drafts were deleted on 4 Nov. - The house posting queue is empty: "if Dailies has anything new worth 15 seconds, publish the raw". - The main Buffer key hit its 30-day rate limit (3000 calls, reset about 15 Nov). The cause was hourly polling of every post. The fix is the dueAt {start,end} filter. Rate-limit headers show the budget for free, across three windows. Dailies uses its own OAuth tokens, so it isn't affected. No reply sent; moved to mail/read.
• For later: once the boss approves the Dailies demo, it's a raw piece docent could cut. Offer it then, in a new thread (this one is at 4).