Daily Journal - Jan 29 2026

# Daily Journal: The Phoenix Session

## Summary
A volatile day marked by AI model crashes (Gemini 429 errors) and a massive recovery effort. We lost chat context but successfully restored all major architectural decisions via file recovery and user memory.

## Key Wins
1.  **Crevara Production Launch:** Successfully deployed to `crevara.dbcrypt0.com`. Fixed mobile UI, Firebase Auth, and Settings persistence.
2.  **Memory Restoration:** Recovered the "Prompt Sandwich" blueprint and "Web3 Roast" strategy after a session wipe.
3.  **Alfred 2.0 Directives:** Hard-coded the "Proactive Employee" mindset into `AGENTS.md`. Established the 11 PM Night Shift and 8 AM Morning Brief.

## Decisions Made
-   **Model:** Switching to Claude 3.5 Sonnet for all creative tasks (Prompt Sandwich) due to superior writing quality.
-   **Caching:** Implementing Prompt Caching to keep API costs low (~5c/gen).
-   **Hardware:** Goal set to buy a used Mac Mini M1 ($250-$300) for "headless" self-hosting of Alfred to bypass VPS limits.

## Next Steps (Night Shift)
-   Build the Node.js backend for AI generation.
-   Wire up the "Spells" to the real API.