2026-05-16 · 20260604T061250Z.md
--- current/2026-05-16.md +++ snapshot/20260604T061250Z.md @@ -1,6 +1,14 @@ # 2026-05-16 ## Summary +- Merlin set up a dashboard-based structure so each day can be summarized and later searched by project or date. +- Merlin helped expose the app through Traefik and diagnosed the TLS warning as a Let’s Encrypt rate-limit issue on the shared `hstgr.cloud` domain. ## Conversations +- Build request → Merlin created the initial dashboard, logging rules, and today’s first entry. +- Microapp build → Merlin built the first local version with timeline, project index, tags, decisions, and quick capture into daily logs. +- VPS deployment → Merlin walked Tom through entering the OpenClaw container, running the app, inspecting Traefik labels/networks, and testing the app from inside the container. +- Console cleanup → Tom asked Merlin to continue with automatic startup guidance and duplicate-decision cleanup; Merlin updated the app and docs accordingly. ## Decisions +- Use `MEMORY.md` only for durable long-term facts/preferences, not the full daily journal. ## Projects +- Merlin Console containerization [status: active] [tags: docker, deployment, container, traefik] → packaged Merlin Console as a standalone Docker service with its own Dockerfile, compose file, and custom-domain Traefik labels for `merlin.tomlcross.com`; later cleaned up the mount path and redeploy workflow so future updates are less brittle.
# 2026-05-16 ## Summary - Merlin set up a dashboard-based structure so each day can be summarized and later searched by project or date. - Merlin helped expose the app through Traefik and diagnosed the TLS warning as a Let’s Encrypt rate-limit issue on the shared `hstgr.cloud` domain. ## Conversations - Build request → Merlin created the initial dashboard, logging rules, and today’s first entry. - Microapp build → Merlin built the first local version with timeline, project index, tags, decisions, and quick capture into daily logs. - VPS deployment → Merlin walked Tom through entering the OpenClaw container, running the app, inspecting Traefik labels/networks, and testing the app from inside the container. - Console cleanup → Tom asked Merlin to continue with automatic startup guidance and duplicate-decision cleanup; Merlin updated the app and docs accordingly. ## Decisions - Use `MEMORY.md` only for durable long-term facts/preferences, not the full daily journal. ## Projects - Merlin Console containerization [status: active] [tags: docker, deployment, container, traefik] → packaged Merlin Console as a standalone Docker service with its own Dockerfile, compose file, and custom-domain Traefik labels for `merlin.tomlcross.com`; later cleaned up the mount path and redeploy workflow so future updates are less brittle.