Case Study — rrstack

rrstack was built in just a couple of days while iterating on STAN itself. The project’s development loop looked like this:

• Build & Snapshot: frequent stan run kept a reproducible context (source snapshot + deterministic outputs).
• Share & Baseline: archives attached in chat ensured the assistant always had the same view of the repo.
• Discuss & Patch: STAN proposed plain unified diffs with adequate context; failures produced compact FEEDBACK envelopes for automatic correction.

Why it was fast

• Reproducible context prevented back‑and‑forth clarifications.
• Deterministic outputs simplified diagnosis (e.g., one‑line test diffs).
• Always‑on diffs meant changes were small and auditable.

What to copy

• Keep your stan.config.yml scripts lean and deterministic.
• Run stan run often to baseline new changes before chat iterations.
• Use stan patch --check for risky changes, then apply once green.

Repo links

• rrstack: https://github.com/karmaniverous/rrstack
• STAN: https://github.com/karmaniverous/stan