WHAT I AM DOING NOW
Updated July 25, 2026

I have been modernizing and deploying the collection of small protocol services running on my VPS.

HappyEcho, HappyDiscard, HappyDaytime, HappyFinger, HappyGopher, and HappyQOTD now use a more consistent hosting and telemetry architecture built around JoyfulReaperLib, the shared TCP server package, and Mission Control.

The latest work included:

* Migrating HappyFinger, HappyGopher, and HappyQOTD to the shared TCP server host
* Adding stronger timeout, concurrency, shutdown, and telemetry behavior
* Expanding HappyFinger with file-backed records, traditional .plan support, and Random Steam Game integration
* Adding dynamic compiled pages to HappyGopher through IGopherPage
* Adding a reusable Gopher response writer for correct CRLF handling, dot-stuffing, menus, errors, and response termination
* Adding a live /server-time page to HappyGopher
* Deploying HappyDiscard with Mission Control lifecycle telemetry
* Correcting the HappyQOTD Docker health check
* Moving HappyFinger and HappyGopher to non-root container users
* Updating and validating the VPS Docker Compose configuration

The latest deployment completed without triggering any Uptime Kuma alerts. HappyFinger and HappyGopher are now running as non-root users, while HappyQOTD remains unchanged until I handle its writable SQLite volume permissions in a separate deployment.

Mission Control continues to collect service telemetry, Docker statistics, Git activity, and real protocol-level probe results. The probes do more than check whether ports are open: they speak enough Echo, Daytime, Discard, QOTD, Gopher, and Finger to verify that each service is actually behaving correctly.

Next:

* Watch the new deployment for permission, telemetry, or restart problems
* Move HappyQOTD to a non-root container user after preparing its SQLite directory permissions
* Improve Mission Control reporting and failure visibility
* Add more useful dynamic pages to HappyGopher
* Continue tightening RFC compliance across the Happy protocol services
* Start extracting reusable UDP server support for JoyfulReaperLib
* Continue developing Mycelium into a crawler and scanner for old Internet protocols

Apparently the tiny Internet operations center is becoming a tiny Internet software ecosystem.
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