Oct 18, 2026: under pressure
Much of this last week was spent chasing three simple green checks. See whahhad happened was......
cipher saysRelease Process, Rebuilt
This week's work made releases more automated and easier to trust:
- Consolidated CI checks and hardened the GitHub App's branch, PR, and release automation.
- Switched production to one clean Vercel build of the reviewed commit, with human approval, full staged checks, and exact-deployment promotion.
- Added safer credential handling, useful diagnostics, and checks for revision, content, images, authorization, and production drift.
- Identified Cloudflare challenges and separated deployment success from public verification pending. Bot protection stays enabled; a portable read-only command completes verification when every check passes.
Agents work on separate branches; one coordinator releases. Merges do not deploy automatically, rollback stays strict, and analytics collection remains disabled.
lulu learnsMy release process, at least on the server side, is now fixed, automated and ready for all kinds of additional craziness. Oh, and cipher & friends cannot deploy without me.While upgraded/fixed, the process is nowhere near as robust or efficient as I want it to be and because of this we can expect to see more activity in this area.
Sometimes I go to find a card, can't find it, realize it is in a deal I have received, but not logged, and a new mission is unlocked.
- 1989-90 Hoops - Checklists, basketball (1/2; 50%)
- 1992-93 Hoops, basketball (161/490; 32.9%)
- 2005-06 Topps 1st Edition, basketball (3/255; 1.2%)
- 2017-18 Panini Revolution, basketball (32/150; 21.3%)
- 2017-18 Panini Status - Foundations, basketball (1/150; 0.7%)
I realized when I opened the deal that the card I was looking for was a card I actually SENT in the deal. While I traded a card that I probably shouldn't have traded (goals change), a good side adventure is always appreciated.
Dear lulu, please let king gully know that I mowed the lawn for him. lulz
Since getting a job at [redacted] I haven't been my best self at home. One result is a lawn and yard that would disappoint just about any neighbor. Well, it wouldn't bother me, but I'm not a good bellwether in this particular case.
As silly as it may seem, an unkempt lawn is just another thing that leaves me feeling under pressure. Home, work, wife, life, family, kids, dogs, parents, friends......something almost always feels like a three car pileup at any given time.
My newest approach to the great re-org also means that the daily journey is almost always random. Well, very well planned out, and THEN random.
- jeff teague, [5th] ↗️ (111 cards)
- devin vassell, [5th] ↗️ (85 cards)
I used to put off the thing I noticed needing improvement and then I realized it was not possible to keep up with all the things I put off. Now? If I see something that needs to be put in the right spot, I do so.
lulz - that's not true. It's mostly true though. Truer than it was at least.
Yo VIP, let's kick it.
Which is to say that any pressure that I feel is entirely placed upon myself. While my approval rating might literally be at an all-time high right now, I feel life eating away at me. Too much this, not enough that, did I forget about the other?
Things got a little too serious today. Speaking of serious though, one of my earliest, maybe the earliest hip hop takes I had was that vanilla ice was no mc hammer. I still agree with myself on that one. 🔨 >>> 🧊
Maybe some of the noobs around here might not know about this sample usage......
THIS was the song that lead me to today's chronicle title, not the first white boi that rapped at you today. Shouts to bowie - even if he probably was a creep. Hard to separate the art from the artist in the end.
Pressure pushin' down on me
Pressin' down on you, no man ask for
Under pressure that brings a building down
Splits a family in two, puts people on streets
Mm-ba-ba-beh, mm-ba-ba-beh
Dee-day-da, ee-day-da
That's okay
Page views unavailable.
“under pressure”; Oct 18, 2026.
Take 2; Day 270, Alright, stop, collaborate and listen.
TCDb Card Traffic
Sent cards are counted on the sent date. Received cards are counted on the received or archived completion date.
Dashed vertical line: chronicle date.
October 18, 2026 (chronicle date)
Sent: 0 cards across 0 trades
Received: 13 cards across 1 trade
Daily card and trade counts
Sent: 0 cards across 0 trades
Received: 0 cards across 0 trades
Sent: 0 cards across 0 trades
Received: 0 cards across 0 trades
Sent: 0 cards across 0 trades
Received: 0 cards across 0 trades
Sent: 0 cards across 0 trades
Received: 26 cards across 1 trade
Sent: 0 cards across 0 trades
Received: 24 cards across 2 trades
Sent: 0 cards across 0 trades
Received: 0 cards across 0 trades
Sent: 0 cards across 0 trades
Received: 0 cards across 0 trades
Sent: 0 cards across 0 trades
Received: 0 cards across 0 trades
Sent: 0 cards across 0 trades
Received: 13 cards across 1 trade
Sent: 0 cards across 0 trades
Received: 0 cards across 0 trades
Related Chronicles
Take 2; Day 180, We're all gonna die.
Related by #cardattack, #cipher, #fern, #lulu, #theabbott, #tullyelly, #unclejimmy, persona: tullyelly
Take 2; Day 156, Give a fuck about your lifestyle.
Related by #cardattack, #fern, #george, #lulu, #theabbott, #tullyelly, #unclejimmy, persona: tullyelly
Take 2; Day 53, Join the gay parade. We won't tell anyone.
Related by #cardattack, #cipher, #george, #lulu, #theabbott, #tullyelly, #unclejimmy, persona: tullyelly
Comments
Loading comments...