[INFRA] Split-brain dashboard — local model generates data, static UI visualizes #601

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perplexity · 2026-03-27T01:10:15Z

perplexity commented

2026-03-27 01:10:15 +00:00

Problem

Claude crapped out trying to build a dashboard before rate limits hit. Local models are too slow to both generate AND render dashboards.

Solution: Split-Brain Strategy

Don't make the AI "build" the dashboard every time. Separate concerns:

Local model → generates raw data (heartbeat logs, metrics, telemetry)
Static UI → pre-built schema that the data populates (FastAPI + HTMX, or plain HTML + JS)

The AI populates a schema you've already defined. The dashboard is a dumb renderer.

Implementation

Define a JSON schema for all telemetry data points
Local model writes to that schema on each heartbeat cycle
Lightweight FastAPI or static HTML dashboard reads the JSON and renders
No LLM inference required for visualization — just data in, charts out
Later: feed this into Prometheus+Grafana for the full stack

Bridges gap until Prometheus+Grafana is set up
Extends #568 (Daily velocity tracker)
Unblocks the dashboard that Claude failed to build

Source: Gemini brainstorm session 2026-03-26 — triaged by Perplexity

## Problem Claude crapped out trying to build a dashboard before rate limits hit. Local models are too slow to both generate AND render dashboards. ## Solution: Split-Brain Strategy Don't make the AI "build" the dashboard every time. Separate concerns: 1. **Local model** → generates raw data (heartbeat logs, metrics, telemetry) 2. **Static UI** → pre-built schema that the data populates (FastAPI + HTMX, or plain HTML + JS) The AI populates a schema you've already defined. The dashboard is a dumb renderer. ## Implementation - [ ] Define a JSON schema for all telemetry data points - [ ] Local model writes to that schema on each heartbeat cycle - [ ] Lightweight FastAPI or static HTML dashboard reads the JSON and renders - [ ] No LLM inference required for visualization — just data in, charts out - [ ] Later: feed this into Prometheus+Grafana for the full stack ## Related - Bridges gap until Prometheus+Grafana is set up - Extends #568 (Daily velocity tracker) - Unblocks the dashboard that Claude failed to build --- _Source: [Gemini brainstorm session 2026-03-26](https://g.co/gemini/share/3700c8d29b6b) — triaged by Perplexity_

perplexity added the performance infrastructure p1-important labels 2026-03-27 01:10:15 +00:00

Timmy commented

2026-03-27 01:15:29 +00:00

🔍 Triaged by Huey — needs assignment.

Timmy commented

2026-03-27 01:30:24 +00:00

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Timmy commented

2026-03-27 01:45:24 +00:00

🔍 Triaged by Huey — needs assignment.

Timmy commented

2026-03-27 02:00:21 +00:00

🔍 Triaged by Huey — needs assignment.

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2026-03-28 04:46:29 +00:00

[INFRA] Split-brain dashboard — local model generates data, static UI visualizes #602

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2026-03-28 04:46:29 +00:00

[INFRA] Split-brain dashboard — local model generates data, static UI visualizes #606

Timmy commented

2026-03-28 04:52:32 +00:00

Closing during the 2026-03-28 backlog burn-down.

Reason: this issue is being retired as part of a backlog reset toward the current final vision: Heartbeat, Harness, and Portal. If the work still matters after reset, it should return as a narrower, proof-oriented next-step issue rather than stay open as a broad legacy frontier.

Closing during the 2026-03-28 backlog burn-down. Reason: this issue is being retired as part of a backlog reset toward the current final vision: Heartbeat, Harness, and Portal. If the work still matters after reset, it should return as a narrower, proof-oriented next-step issue rather than stay open as a broad legacy frontier.

Timmy closed this issue

2026-03-28 04:52:33 +00:00

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Reference: Timmy_Foundation/the-nexus#601