Cut the Scope First: A Weekend Side Project With One Endpoint and One Smoke Test

Описание и применение

Минимальный CLI‑утилита, проверяемая скриптом smoke test и развертываемая как systemd‑служба, позволяет быстро создать рабочий прототип без излишних функций.

Задача

Weekend side projects often fail due to scope creep, not code bugs.

Результат

A minimal, deployable CLI helper that reliably calls an AI endpoint, validated by a smoke test and running as a resilient systemd service.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. Define the job in one sentence.
• 2. List and score features, cut those above 30‑minute debug risk.
• 3. Write a smoke test script that verifies 200 status, non‑empty content, and time budget.
• 4. Run the smoke test multiple times to measure cold start and spread.
• 5. Deploy the helper as a single systemd unit on a Linux server.
• 6. Monitor logs and restart on failure.

Доказательства

One fast call proves nothing. Shared capacity is shared.

Источник

If your server is not a Linux box, use whatever supervisor it exposes.

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