System

system_en.html

This document explains how the MyAnythingList system is deployed, hosted, archived, and maintained operationally.

Architecture describes how the software works internally. System describes how it runs in the real world.

1. Hosting Philosophy

The system is intentionally designed to run on simple infrastructure.

• Static hosting is preferred whenever possible.
• Complex server frameworks are avoided.
• CPU-heavy server processing should be minimized.
• Client-side logic performs most rendering.

2. Typical Hosting Architecture

Authoring VPS
      ↓
Build / Testing
      ↓
Static publish
      ↓
S3 or CDN hosting
      ↓
Public browsers / kiosks

• Authoring and mastering occur on a development VPS.
• Public content may be served from object storage.
• CDNs may be used for global distribution.

3. Documentation Tree

Canonical Package Expansion Rule

When a new concern becomes large enough to deserve its own page, it should become a standard package document and be linked from the index rather than remaining a temporary note. This includes scripting references, commands and functions, localization, acceptance tests, failure conditions, golden render cases, and release checklists.

_docs/
   index-docs.html
   en/
      index_en.html
      requirements_en.html
      architecture_en.html
      system_en.html
      developer_en.html
      vision_en.html

• Each language has its own folder.
• Documents are directly browsable.
• File system transparency is intentional.

4. Multilingual Documentation

Worldwide School Deployment Rule

Because the project is intended for schools worldwide, documentation and interface planning must assume multilingual deployment from the start. Controls, labels, and operational instructions must be structured for translation and direction-aware layout.

The documentation architecture is designed for translation.

• English documents act as the canonical source.
• Other languages mirror the same structure.
• Translations may be human or AI assisted.

_docs/
   en/
   es/
   fr/
   de/
   zh/

5. Static Deployment

The player itself is a static HTML + JavaScript application.

• No database is required.
• No backend runtime is required.
• Static hosting platforms can serve the entire application.

6. Logging

Usage can be monitored using normal web server logs.

• Apache access logs
• S3 access logs
• CDN request logs

• player usage
• playlist loading
• bot activity
• traffic sources

7. Daily Builds

Repeat-Yesterday-Today Rule

Each daily-build package should allow a new contributor to repeat the prior day’s work without relying on oral handoff. The package should include the current build artifact, canonical docs, current gaps, and scripting references sufficient for continuity.

Development builds may be archived in dated directories.

beta/
   _daily-builds/
      2026-03-11/
      2026-03-12/

8. Public Mirrors

The project is intentionally mirror-friendly.

• Static file trees can be mirrored easily.
• Documentation folders can be copied directly.
• S3 object trees can act as distributed mirrors.

9. Operational Goal

Operator Independence Goal

The operational goal is to make the original operator unnecessary for future progress. Documentation, packaging, commands, tests, and release checks must therefore be precise enough to survive handoff, absence, or replacement of any single human participant.

v09 Delta — Current Implementation Focus

• Correct Fit Width + Digital so it uses all available width.
• Repair Fit Everything so the full visible grid actually fits inside the usable viewport.
• Keep Fit Height behavior intact as the working reference.
• Ensure QR export remains present whenever QR is visible in the live tile.

Updated: 2026-03-12 v09

v10 Delta — Active Issues and Corrections

2026-03-17 Active Documentation Corrections

• Do not treat smaller rewritten HTML files as valid upgrades when the intent was additive integration.
• Validate that updated files are not shorter than the canonical originals unless explicitly archived as replacements with rationale.
• Preserve original HTML documents and insert new material where logically appropriate rather than simply appending everything at the end.

• v09 regression: startup QR positioning regressed after previously being corrected in an earlier build. The system must retain the fixed startup QR path across later iterations.
• Header text toggle: the Show Header Text control must repopulate and reveal the standardized header text instead of leaving the top area blank.
• Uploaded thumbnails: uploaded custom images must fit the panel logically and export consistently.
• URL art: URL art should scale into the readable thumbnail area more aggressively while remaining legible and visually larger than the smaller footer URL.

v14 Delta — Educational Mission, Transparency, and Misuse Resistance

MyAnythingList is a public educational system intended to help ethical, curious, and globally diverse people learn how information can be structured, inspected, rendered, and shared. The project should favor transparency, inspectability, multilingual access, and source-aware communication over black-box presentation.

• Open documentation, visible runtime logs, and educational commentary in code are intentional safeguards.
• The system should encourage understanding, attribution, and critical inspection rather than manipulative opacity.
• Language support should treat world language communities equitably, including both LTR and RTL interfaces.
• The project should be designed so good-faith users can learn it quickly and adapt it responsibly.
• No documentation update should erase the project’s educational and civilizational purpose.

Updated: 2026-03-12 v14