Timeline

Twenty-five months from first line of code to production platform.

Tooling Product Infrastructure Research
Feb 2024 tooling

First line of code

Physics researcher begins building software. The workshop phase starts.

Mar 2024 tooling

staticweb

Static site generator built from scratch. Understanding file systems, templating, and build processes.

May 2024 tooling

standard_islands

Island hydration framework. Zero JS by default, hydrate only interactive components.

Jun 2024 tooling

Astro adopted

Astro's island architecture validated by standard_islands research. Becomes the production SSG.

Jul 2024 research

kameo_es

Event sourcing prototype on the Kameo actor framework. State as event sequence.

Aug 2024 tooling

SolidJS chosen

Fine-grained reactivity without virtual DOM. Proven during QMS iteration three.

Oct 2024 product

QMS iteration 1

Queue management for a dental office begins. Plain HTML and server-rendered templates.

Nov 2024 product

QMS iterations 2-3

React attempt, then SolidJS. Reactive frontend architecture validated.

Jan 2025 product

QMS iterations 4-5

Real-time updates and full workflow integration. Check-in, triage, provider routing, room tracking.

Mar 2025 product

isoastra-mainweb

Company public site. First production deployment of workshop patterns.

Jun 2025 product

QMS to receptionist pivot

Domain expertise extracted from QMS becomes the foundation for an AI receptionist.

Sep 2025 product

Receptionist Alpha-Charlie

First three iterations. Monolithic, state machine, SolidJS frontend validated.

Oct 2025 product

Receptionist Delta-Foxtrot

Booking flow proven, WebSocket streaming, latency optimization.

Nov 2025 research

Vapi evaluation (Golf)

Managed voice platform gets to production fast but pipeline is a black box.

Nov 2025 infra

NetBird overlay deployed

WireGuard mesh VPN for all internal service communication. Zero public attack surface.

Dec 2025 infra

Self-host decision

Commit to no SaaS dependencies. Begin deploying NATS, SeaweedFS, Harbor on own hardware.

Dec 2025 product

Receptionist Hotel-India

Third-party AI black box rejected. Custom pipeline architecture designed.

Jan 2026 product

voice_stream ships

Deepgram STT + Cartesia TTS + Fireworks LLM. The stack that works.

Jan 2026 infra

SQLite to CNPG PostgreSQL

Production database moves to CloudNativePG with HA and automated backup.

Feb 2026 infra

Auth migration chain

SuperTokens, Ory, Authentik, Zitadel evaluated. Each teaches a lesson about identity.

Feb 10-19, 2026 research

Yulier agent framework

Ten days, five iterations. Trust calibration, intent clarification, operator steering, 12-model eval.

Feb 2026 infra

Custom IDP built

Rust/Axum OIDC provider. PKCS#8 JWT, PKCE, NATS KV sessions. Five auth systems distilled into one.

Mar 12, 2026 infra

Kubernetes launch

Single-day cutover. 5-node cluster with Traefik, CNPG, NATS, SeaweedFS, Harbor.

Mar 13-15, 2026 infra

Service migration

IDP, session management, deploy CLI, CDN proxy. Health checks and NetworkPolicies.

Mar 16-18, 2026 infra

70-commit hardening

SealedSecrets, NetworkPolicies, health verification, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana, Loki.

Mar 19, 2026 product

Receptionist becomes Assist

Rebranded from dental receptionist to multi-channel AI communication platform.

Mar 19-22, 2026 product

Assist services deploy

Episode/session/artifact model. Voice, chat, knowledge retrieval, agent integration.

Mar 23, 2026 infra

Platform operational

All services live. Observability real. Deploy CLI end-to-end. Foundation set.