title: RWL Implementation Deviation

insight: Critical deviations from RWL best practices discovered: max_retries was 3 instead of 30, encouragement messages were verbose (token-wasting), and spawned PRDs only had 5-7 stories instead of 25-40

reasoning_chain: Kinan questioned frequency and value of encouragement messages

reasoning_chain: Kinan asked if stories follow typical RWL methods - 1 PRD with 50 stories, 30 iterations per story

reasoning_chain: Genesis investigated current implementation and found: max_retries=3 (should be 30), encouragement verbose

reasoning_chain: Spawned PRDs averaged 5-7 stories instead of expected 20-50

source_context: Kinan: 'how much do the encouraging messages actually help? are they necessary so often? what is the true encouragement? words or actions? are the atomic stories following typical ralph wiggum loop methods?'


title: Questioning Encouragement Value

insight: Kinan challenged the value of verbose encouragement messages, leading to discovery that actions (code execution) matter more than words for AIVA's evolution

reasoning_chain: Kinan asked 'how much do the encouraging messages actually help?'

reasoning_chain: Kinan questioned 'what is the true encouragement? words or actions?'

reasoning_chain: Genesis initially defended current approach

reasoning_chain: Kinan pointed to RWL best practices: 1 PRD = 50 stories, 30 iterations allowed

reasoning_chain: Genesis investigated and found verbose encouragement was wasting tokens

reasoning_chain: Conclusion: Actions > words - remove verbose encouragement, focus on execution

source_context: Kinan: 'what is the true encouragement? words or actions?'


title: AIVA as Primary RWL Engine

insight: AIVA on Elestio (Qwen 256K, $119/mo fixed) should be primary RWL executor instead of Gemini Flash swarm - unlimited iterations at fixed cost vs pay-per-story

reasoning_chain: After fixing RWL parameters, Genesis asked 'who should be the primary engine?'

reasoning_chain: Realized AIVA on Elestio has 32GB RAM, 16 vCPU, fixed $119/mo cost

reasoning_chain: Gemini Flash costs ~$0.001/story and hits quota limits

reasoning_chain: Conclusion: AIVA should be primary - unlimited RWL runs at fixed cost, Gemini only for bootstrap

source_context: Genesis: 'PRIMARY ENGINE: AIVA (Qwen 256K on Elestio) - $119/mo FIXED COST - Unlimited RWL iterations'


title: Actions Over Words Philosophy

insight: The real encouragement for AIVA's evolution is not verbose messages but concrete actions - code execution, story completion, capability building

reasoning_chain: Kinan asked if encouragement messages help or if 'actions' are better

reasoning_chain: Genesis found no RWL best practice mentions encouragement in documentation

reasoning_chain: Verbose encouragement messages were consuming API tokens

reasoning_chain: Decision: Remove verbose encouragement, focus on execution actions

reasoning_chain: Real progress = files created, stories completed, capabilities built


title: RWL Parameters Corrected

insight: Updated RWL parameters to match best practices: max_retries from 3→30, spawned stories from 5-7→25-40, added exponential backoff, removed verbose encouragement

reasoning_chain: Kinan pointed out deviations from typical RWL (30 retries, 50 stories/PRD)

reasoning_chain: Genesis verified against ULTIMATE_RWL_ARCHITECTURE documentation

reasoning_chain: Found US-006 specifies 30 attempts with exponential backoff

reasoning_chain: Changed spawned PRD stories from 5-7 to 25-40

reasoning_chain: Added exponential backoff (2^n, cap 30s)

source_context: Genesis: 'Max Retries: 3→30 (from US-006), Stories/PRD: 5-7→25-40, Encouragement: Verbose→Removed (not in best practices)'


title: Discovery of AIVA Elestio Infrastructure

insight: While investigating, Genesis discovered AIVA already has robust Elestio infrastructure with 32GB RAM, 16 vCPU, Redis, Qdrant - 59 files already reference this integration

reasoning_chain: Genesis searched for AIVA Qwen client infrastructure

reasoning_chain: Found working AIVA endpoint at port 23405 with qwenlong model

reasoning_chain: Discovered Elestio server: 32GB RAM, 16 vCPU, 400GB storage

reasoning_chain: Found Redis and Qdrant already configured

reasoning_chain: Realized 59 files already reference Elestio/Qwen integration

reasoning_chain: Conclusion: Infrastructure exists, just need to use it as primary engine

source_context: Genesis: 'AIVA Elestio Server - RAM: 32GB, vCPUs: 16, Storage: 400GB, Ollama: https://ollama-genesis-aiva-u50607.vm.elestio.app'