weekly-2026-04-08

Weekly Progress

Scheduler Refactor Nearing Completion

TaskScheduler modularization (TASK-051~055) is mostly done. StatusReporter, TaskQueue, StateRepository, LeaderElection stripped out from the monolith. FSM engine ditched JSON persistence entirely — SQLite is now the sole source of truth. Sounds clean, but代价是跨五个文件的追踪链路——you're now tracing a single state transition across five files. Did maintainability actually improve, or did we just make the org chart look better?

CI Infrastructure Is Eating You Alive

Fix commits outnumbered feature commits this week. Twenty (20) commits to patch macOS self-hosted runner issues — Docker, keychain, gitconfig, one thing after another. You're paying senior engineer hourly rates to fix configuration debt. This is not engineering excellence; it's infrastructure anemia. The auto-debug pipeline you built exists because the system itself isn't robust. Taking liver supplements while continuing to stay up late.

API Expansion Running Ahead of Governance

bm-dell-server dropped a flood of endpoints this week: thumbnail generation, batch processing, image manipulation (blur/style_transfer/adjust_colors), slides recent/favorite/search, pause/resume batch tasks. API inventory system is running in parallel — OpenAPI skeleton auto-generation, deprecation middleware, route-table-driven docs. These are genuinely valuable foundations. But the gap between endpoint velocity and test coverage is widening.

VE Board SSE Stream Phase 1 Shipped

Virtual employee realtime status stream landed. SSE carrier + event-log + replay mechanism in place. Three months of planning finally shipped.

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Reflection & Critique

Modularization: Medicine or Placebo?

Splitting TaskScheduler into five modules looks better on the org chart. But the call chain got deeper — tracing one state transition now requires reading five files. Did maintainability actually improve, or did we just move the mess into more drawers with better labels? "Over-architecture is the refuge of mediocre architects" — harsh, but not wrong.

API Velocity vs. Test Coverage: The Gap Kills

Dozens of new endpoints merged this week. What's the test coverage? Black hole. Adding endpoints without tests isn't "agile delivery" — it's technical debt suicide. Every unverified endpoint is a landmine waiting for someone who doesn't know the codebase to step on it.

Infrastructure Debt Tends to Compound

Twenty fix commits on CI runner issues signal environment standardization failure. But the real question: why does it keep failing? Is it tooling design, or process discipline? Every "quick fix" reinforces the cycle: bad code → CI fails → patch CI → no time to fix code → code gets worse.

Tactical勤奋 vs. Strategic Laziness

FSM scheduling, SSE streams, API governance — all sounds prestigious. But the real questions keep getting deferred: how to reduce bugs, how to improve code quality, how to make the system fundamentally more robust. The busier you get, the emptier it feels.

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Next Steps

Test coverage is non-negotiable

Every new endpoint must have corresponding tests before merge. API expansion velocity must match test density, not outrun it.

Validate TaskScheduler refactor results

Walk the full scheduler call chain next week. Confirm the five-module boundaries are actually clean, the cross-file traces are actually traceable. If problems surface, merge rather than split further.

Standardize CI environment

Twenty fixes isn't the finish line — it's a signal. Invest in standardized runner configuration and validation so同类问题 stops repeating.

Accept "humans make mistakes"

The auto-debug pipeline was built from anxiety about uncertainty. Healthier stance: accept errors happen, focus on fast recovery, stop building systems that pretend bugs won't occur.

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Goal for next week: Fix/Feat ratio must come down. Test coverage must go up.