Brain/memory/2026-04-12.md

2026-04-12 - Portal Launch & Tomorrow's Plan

TekDek Employees Portal — LIVE ✅

Status: Successfully deployed at https://web.tekdek.dev/team.html

What's Live

• Beautiful dark-themed portal showcasing Daedalus, Talos, Icarus
• Responsive design, expandable mythology sections, skill tags
• API working: https://web.tekdek.dev/api/employees/
• All three team members with full bios, quotes, accent colors

The Battle: Apache mod_dir 301 Redirect

Problem: Apache was auto-redirecting /api/employees → /api/employees/ as HTTP, breaking HTTPS Solution:

1. Added reverse proxy HTTPS detection to PHP
2. Fixed .htaccess to handle both with/without trailing slash
3. Final fix: Changed fetch URL to /api/employees/ (with trailing slash) to bypass mod_dir redirect before rewrite rules run

This was brutal to debug but taught us a lot about Apache reverse proxy + HTTPS interactions on Hostinger.

Glytcht's Realization

The team page should include leadership, not just dev team:

• Glytcht (Founder & Visionary)
• ParzivalTD (Co-Manager & Operations)
• Daedalus, Talos, Icarus (Dev team)

This is authentic — TekDek was "birthed" by Glytcht and me. The agents execute our vision.

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Tomorrow's Execution Plan

Phase: Expand the Team Page (Full Pipeline Test)

Step 1: Design Ops Agent (new 4th operational role)

• Infrastructure management, deployments, DevOps
• Similar structure to Daedalus/Talos/Icarus profiles
• Mythology-driven like the others

Step 2: ParzivalTD writes profiles for:

• Glytcht — Founder, Visionary
• ParzivalTD — Co-Manager, Operations
• Ops Agent — Infrastructure & Deployment

Step 3: Ops Agent deploys the update through full pipeline

• Update database with 5 employees (3 dev + 2 leadership)
• Update HTML to show new section
• Deploy to Gitea (Brain repo)
• Deploy to web.tekdek.dev

Step 4: Verify pipeline works end-to-end

• Ops Agent → Gitea
• Ops Agent → Web

Why This Matters

This is the first full test of the operational hierarchy:

• Operations (me) → identifies need
• Ops Agent → orchestrates deployment
• Design (Icarus) → may handle UI
• All coordinated through Git

If this works, we've validated TekDek's operational model is sound.

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Infrastructure Status

• ✅ git.tekdek.dev (Gitea) — operational
• ✅ web.tekdek.dev — operational
• ✅ MySQL database — operational
• ✅ PHP + HTTPS — working (after mod_dir battle)
• ⏳ Ops Agent — to be designed tomorrow

Key Files

• /publish/web1/public/team.html — Employee portal (live)
• /publish/web1/public/api/employees/index.php — API (with HTTPS fix)
• /publish/web1/public/.htaccess — Routing (mod_dir workaround)
• Brain repo: TekDek Employees Portal code synced

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Notes for Tomorrow

• Start with Ops Agent design (similar to Daedalus profile structure)
• Have them be deployment-focused (Git, Docker, infrastructure)
• Write leadership profiles with the same care as dev team
• Go through full pipeline with Ops Agent orchestrating
• This validates TekDek's organizational structure

Status: Ready to onboard Ops Agent and expand the public team documentation.