Keep a small web service alive through eight calls. Protect stability, speed, budget, and trust while every patch changes the next problem.
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First scored run on this browser today·—· same local-day sequence · resets at local midnight
First call preview
EVENT 01 · INCOMING
The homepage is timing out
p95 latency crossed its promise. The queue is growing.
3 visible responses1 minute window8 decisions
How to play
Read the incoming pressure. Choose one response. The effect lands first; the next pressure arrives after. A gauge at zero ends the run. Score rewards protecting the weakest gauge, not memorising one answer.
Why this is a game
It turns real systems tradeoffs into an authored, replayable decision loop. The same daily incident gives everyone a shared question; your decisions produce a different postmortem.
Build notes
IMMEDIATENo account, prompt, download, or payment before play.
REPEATABLEDaily seed, practice pool, and a challenge link with no server.
INSPECTABLEOne readable file. Hand-authored incidents. Browser-local state. No network or AI call.