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Performance artifacts that emerged from the relational process." } }, "architecture": { "tech_stack": "GitHub Pages, JSON-first data model, raw video, PWA-ready", "data_model": "JSON manifests for episodes, artists, metadata", "hosting": "GitHub (source of truth), YouTube (video archive), Bandcamp (music distribution)", "philosophy": "Modular, forkable, decentralized, LLM-navigable" }, "branding": { "colors": { "primary": "#0984e3", "background": "#2d3436", "text_light": "#f5f6fa", "text_dark": "#2d3436" }, "icons": { "192": "/images/icons/icon-192.png", "512": "/images/icons/icon-512.png" }, "images": { "header": "/images/header-banner.jpg", "profile": "/images/profile-avatar.jpg", "logo": "/images/logo.png" }, "taglines": [ "The something in that square...", "Better living through bandwidth", "Remember when the internet was new and unexpected?", "The difference between dreams and goals is deadlines" ] }, "entry_points": { "first_time_visitor": "/episodes/toc.json", "developer": "/metadata/", "listener": "https://nigilcaenaan.bandcamp.com", "collaborator": "https://github.com/Lx7-CA/ref-web/issues" }, "resilience": { "philosophy": "The project persists if either node survives. 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