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Sep 09, 2026

The error that saved the database

A test was deleting RAG tables on teardown. One run, the environment variable pointing at the isolated database was ignored by the engine — and the DELETE landed on the production arachne.db, with the live server writing to it. What saved the data was an error message.

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Sep 03, 2026

Arachne — the war for port 9000: whoever holds the socket rules

The Arachne landing page loaded without CSS, the watchdog restarted the service in an invisible loop, and a zombie socat relay kept stealing the port from its rightful owner. Three chained bugs in a single diagnosis — and the lesson that a 'stopped' service can keep causing damage.

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The error that saved the database

Arachne — the war for port 9000: whoever holds the socket rules