Mechanics 0.1.57: addons become a service catalog
A focused look at the expanded addon catalog: PostgreSQL, S3-compatible buckets, Valkey caches, and NATS JetStream.
Read update →Deleting safely in an agent-run platform
How dry runs, structured plans, user-commit protection, and repo deletion cascade make destructive operations inspectable.
Read update →Debugging deployments from the control plane
How app info, logs, events, route diagnostics, image drift, and smoke-test headers made operations inspectable over SSH.
Read update →Custom domains: from claim to CDN-safe TLS
How Mechanics custom domains evolved before 0.1.57: CNAME proof, CDN-safe TLS, domain attach, diagnostics, and safe detach.
Read update →Routes belong in GitOps too
The route layer moved from basic exposure to GitOps-managed network state with Gateway API, TLS, redirects, sync, and wait.
Read update →GitOps is the receipt layer for agents
How the per-user gitops repo became the audit trail for apps, routes, addons, and user-visible platform writes.
Read update →Self-service without shared cluster credentials
Mechanics gives users isolated namespaces, Argo CD projects, deploy keys, rollback access, and addon quotas without handing out kubeconfig.
Read update →One app, many instances
How Mechanics introduced app instances with base and overlay layouts for main, prod, preview, and pull-request style deployments.
Read update →Agents need commands, not shells
Why Mechanics shaped its SSH surface around explicit verbs, safe help, named flags, and shell-syntax rejection.
Read update →One SSH key from signup to git push
How signup, provisioning, and SSH client configuration became self-service and agent-friendly.
Read update →Putting git SSH behind the same control plane
Mechanics started relaying git SSH traffic to Forgejo, making clone, fetch, and push part of the same authenticated platform front door.
Read update →The Mechanics deployment loop: commit to HTTPS
How Mechanics connected CI, image publishing, build waits, app deploys, and public routes into one scriptable path.
Read update →Mechanics updates start here
A short note on what this update stream will track as Mechanics evolves.
Read update →