The living database and website behind bigtech.sucks. Every score traces to a reproducible artifact.
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CLU c994a785a4 feat: render the public site from the database
The site is now a view over bigtech.db, not a hand-maintained set of pages.

- packages/core/db/render.mjs emits report/<product>.html and method.html into
  web/public, so Vite copies them into the deployable bundle. Re-running
  db:build regenerates them from whatever the database currently says.
- The report page leads with the score, then the dimension table with the
  weakest rung highlighted, then findings, then the evidence table with its
  tiers, then what was not tested, then how to clone and re-run the audit.
- The method page publishes the eight weights, the evidence tiers, both caps
  (reproducible builds and the closed-source ladder), the D1-D4 dynamic test,
  and a plain section on what the method cannot do.

Deployable bundle is 372K: the game, the method, the oath, the catalog and the
report. No server-side code, so it can sit on a Caddy static root and be nobody
else's problem to host.

Rendered 1 report page + method.html. All instrument checks still pass.
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packages feat: render the public site from the database 2026-10-29 16:24:13 -05:00
.gitignore bigtech.sucks: living database + first assessment 2026-10-29 13:16:29 -05:00
package-lock.json bigtech.sucks: living database + first assessment 2026-10-29 13:16:29 -05:00
package.json feat: render the public site from the database 2026-10-29 16:24:13 -05:00
README.md docs: document the living-database workflow and its enforced rules 2026-10-29 13:17:21 -05:00

bigtech.sucks — Draw the Line

V0.1 scaffold per master spec. A retro frontier game that scopes Big Tech exposure and sequences the off-ramp.

Structure

packages/
  core/     Render-agnostic game logic, seed data, scoring
  core/db/  The living database: schema, seeds, build + verify
  web/      React + Vite SPA (V1 funnel)
  server/   Minimal waitlist API (email + channel only)

The living database

The database is the source of truth. The site is a view over it. Nothing in the UI may hardcode a number that lives in bigtech.db.

npm run db:build     # rebuild the db, apply seeds, verify, regenerate the catalog
npm run db:verify    # run the instrument's own checks against the existing db

packages/core/db/bigtech.db is built, not committed. What is committed is the part that matters: db/schema.sql, db/seed/*.sql, and db/build.mjs.

The build refuses to pass if a score breaks the instrument's own rules:

  • dimension weights must sum to 100
  • every stored weighted_total must recompute from its scores
  • every grade must match its band
  • every score must carry a written rationale
  • no tier-4 claim may attach to a scored dimension
  • the reproducible-build caps are enforced, not documented: no reproducible build caps verifiability at 3, an experimental one at 6

A product with no assessment surfaces as unassessed. It is never given a guessed number. That is why the 43 legacy roster entries sit in the database as placeholders and exactly one product carries a real score.

Adding an assessment

  1. Write packages/core/db/seed/000N-<slug>.sql using the shape in 0001-signal.sql.
  2. Every score needs a rationale and at least three tier-1 or tier-2 evidence rows.
  3. npm run db:build. If it fails, the report is not ready to publish.

What the numbers mean

See the instrument spec. Scores are 0 to 100, and a weighted average is not the headline: the weakest dimension is, because a 90 with a 5 on local data exposure is a 90 that will leak.

Quick start

npm install
npm run build -w @bigtech-sucks/core
npm run dev          # web on :5173
npm run dev:server   # waitlist API on :3001

V1 flow

Welcome → Meet Red → Draw the Line → Overworld → Showdown → Homestead → Reveal (Binary Ranch) → Waitlist

Governance

  • Creative assets are candidates — director approval required before ship
  • Company name revealed only at homestead/reveal phase
  • §13 open decisions are not silently resolved (see packages/core/src/data/config.ts)
  • Client-side sovereignty report; server stores waitlist fields only

Roadmap

  • V1.5: Terminal/SSH render (Go + Charm)
  • V2: Concierge migration, journey chronicle, physical fulfillment (stubs in v2-stubs.ts)