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 We all keep notes; far fewer publish them — because going public usually means renting your voice from a platform that owns your content, your identity, and your audience. I'll tell the story of turning a five‑year, 800‑note habit into a public blog I own, on the AT Protocol. The thesis is a hierarchy: **`File > Protocol > App`**. Your files outlive apps (Steph Ango); a protocol turns them into a *social filesystem* (Dan Abramov); the app is just a lens.
 
+## Architecture
+
+One source of truth (your files), one network you own (the protocol), many lenses to read it (the apps).
+
+```text
+        FILE  ───▶  PROTOCOL  ───▶  APP
+       (own it)    (share it)      (read it — many lenses, one source)
+
+
+   ┌──────────────────────────────┐
+   │ FILE — your notes            │
+   │ Markdown in a Git repo       │
+   │ Zettelkasten: notes + links  │
+   │   note.md                    │
+   │   note.pub.md   ◀── publish  │
+   └───────────────┬──────────────┘
+                   │  git push
+                   ▼
+   ┌──────────────────────────────┐
+   │ remanso-cli  (fork: Sequoia) │
+   │ local CLI or GitHub Action   │
+   │ change-detect · img → blobs  │
+   │ writes atUri back            │
+   └───────────────┬──────────────┘
+                   │  com.atproto.repo.createRecord
+                   ▼
+   ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+   │ PROTOCOL — your PDS   (records you own)          │
+   │ identity: did:plc:… + handle  (plc.directory)    │
+   │ addressed by DID + rkey:                         │
+   │   site.standard.document   shared → reach        │
+   │   space.remanso.note       custom → rich         │
+   └────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┬───┘
+                │ firehose / Jetstream            │ listRecords (read)
+                ▼                                 ▼
+   ┌─────────────────────────┐   ┌────────────────────────────────┐
+   │ remanso-jetstream       │   │ APP — many lenses, one source  │
+   │ AppView (self-hosted)   │   │  Remanso (remanso.space)       │
+   │ Jetstream→SQLite→REST   │──▶│    + Bluesky graph (getFollows)│
+   └─────────────────────────┘   │  apoena.dev (static site)      │
+                                 │  Leaflet / any standard.site   │
+     reuse the Bluesky graph ───▶│  Bluesky & other atproto apps  │
+     app.bsky.graph.getFollows   └────────────────────────────────┘
+
+   Self-hosted on Coolify (platform.apoena.dev) + Gitea (git.apoena.dev).
+   GitHub = push mirror.
+```
+
 ## Proposal
 
 | Document | What's in it |
 | --- | --- |
 | [Abstract & titles](docs/abstract.md) | Title options and the long (detailed) abstract |
 | [Outline & format](docs/outline.md) | Timed talk outline, lightning variant, A/V & logistics |
-| [Architecture](docs/architecture.md) | The `File > Protocol > App` system diagram |
 | [Themes & influences](docs/influences.md) | The ideas and people credited on stage |
 | [Audience & takeaways](docs/audience.md) | Why now, who it's for, what they leave with |
 | [Submission kit](docs/submission.md) | Speaker bio, supporting material, tailoring checklist |
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
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-# Architecture at a glance — `File > Protocol > App`
-
-One source of truth (your files), one network you own (the protocol), many lenses to read it (the apps).
-
-```text
-        FILE  ───▶  PROTOCOL  ───▶  APP
-       (own it)    (share it)      (read it — many lenses, one source)
-
-
-   ┌──────────────────────────────┐
-   │ FILE — your notes            │
-   │ Markdown in a Git repo       │
-   │ Zettelkasten: notes + links  │
-   │   note.md                    │
-   │   note.pub.md   ◀── publish  │
-   └───────────────┬──────────────┘
-                   │  git push
-                   ▼
-   ┌──────────────────────────────┐
-   │ remanso-cli  (fork: Sequoia) │
-   │ local CLI or GitHub Action   │
-   │ change-detect · img → blobs  │
-   │ writes atUri back            │
-   └───────────────┬──────────────┘
-                   │  com.atproto.repo.createRecord
-                   ▼
-   ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-   │ PROTOCOL — your PDS   (records you own)          │
-   │ identity: did:plc:… + handle  (plc.directory)    │
-   │ addressed by DID + rkey:                         │
-   │   site.standard.document   shared → reach        │
-   │   space.remanso.note       custom → rich         │
-   └────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┬───┘
-                │ firehose / Jetstream            │ listRecords (read)
-                ▼                                 ▼
-   ┌─────────────────────────┐   ┌────────────────────────────────┐
-   │ remanso-jetstream       │   │ APP — many lenses, one source  │
-   │ AppView (self-hosted)   │   │  Remanso (remanso.space)       │
-   │ Jetstream→SQLite→REST   │──▶│    + Bluesky graph (getFollows)│
-   └─────────────────────────┘   │  apoena.dev (static site)      │
-                                 │  Leaflet / any standard.site   │
-     reuse the Bluesky graph ───▶│  Bluesky & other atproto apps  │
-     app.bsky.graph.getFollows   └────────────────────────────────┘
-
-   Self-hosted on Coolify (platform.apoena.dev) + Gitea (git.apoena.dev).
-   GitHub = push mirror.
-```
-
-> The whole stack is self-hosted: **Coolify** (`platform.apoena.dev`) runs the AppView and apps, **Gitea** (`git.apoena.dev`) hosts the code, with **GitHub** as a push mirror.