chikū lab

chikū — patch reality.

tinkering with ways to

PATCH REALITY.

in prod_

terminal.exe

STATUS: UNSTABLEobservers: 1build 0.01

reality.patch

STATUS: UNSTABLE ⚠
BUILD: 0.01

forecast.exe

REALITY FORECAST

todayunstable
windobjects moving
joycannot reproduce
mondaychance of 25 hours
tomorrowsee today

projects

chikūpodFEED CURIOSITY.
A small world of its own. Fed by real life.
chikupod.com →
plate pursuitSCAN YOUR ARCHIVE.
Switzerland's national plate archive. Spot plates across all 26 cantons.
platepursuit.ch →
kisaaMANAGE YOUR LIFE.
A home assistant on your own machine: devices, mail, tasks, inventory, a daily gazette, a local AI. Your data stays home.
private

reality.patch / 002: not announced.

about.txt

THE LAB

chikū is a small independent lab. We make hardware, software and stories, and live-patch reality where it breaks.

Current patches: a pocket habitat for a very hungry creature, a national plate archive, and a home assistant that keeps your data at home.

contact.exe

TOhi@chiku.devRE: found a bug in reality?

reality.exe

STABILITY

exceeds safe parameters

BASELINE

not found

JOY

cannot reproduce

TIME

varies by person

MONDAY

running

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Lab terminal, CHIKŪ LAB SYSTEM TTY0

SYSTEM STATE

UNRESOLVED EVENTS: 47
CRITICAL: 03
DEGRADED: 12
UNKNOWN: 09
OBSERVED: 23

SYSTEM STABILITY

38%

RECOMMENDED ACTION

restart reality

KNOWN ISSUES

17 ISSUES · LAST ACTIVITY

#0014the system continues operating despite multiple critical warnings.CRITICALstatus: RUNNING
OBSERVATIONS
1. 01the interval between major incidents is decreasing.WORSENING
2. 02recovery time between incidents is becoming shorter.DEGRADED
#0005joy is becoming harder to reproduce.DEGRADEDstatus: CANNOT REPRODUCE
#0012users have adapted to persistent system instability.effect: reduced incident reportingCRITICALstatus: INVESTIGATING
#0006minor inconveniences are occurring at statistically suspicious frequency.DEGRADEDstatus: INVESTIGATING
#0000the world is accumulating unresolved problems faster than they can be patched.recommended action: RESTART REALITYCRITICALstatus: OPEN
#0004free time is becoming increasingly difficult to allocate.resource contention: working hoursdependency: economic systemDEGRADEDstatus: BLOCKED
OBSERVATIONS
1. 01interpersonal reliability is declining.DEGRADED
2. 02social cooperation is returning inconsistent results.DEGRADED
3. 03human behavior seems to be degrading across multiple environments.UNCONFIRMED
RESEARCH PRIORITY
HIGH
CONFIDENCE
LOW
#0011system instability has exceeded safe operating parameters.CRITICALstatus: OPEN
#0009some mondays run longer than twenty-four hours.status: CANNOT REPRODUCE
#0013abnormal conditions are becoming part of the operating baseline.DEGRADEDstatus: UNRESOLVED
#0003no known good configuration remains.root cause: UNKNOWNCRITICALstatus: UNRESOLVED
#0008time passes at different speeds for different people.status: WONTFIX
#0016failure persists. root cause unknown.root cause: UNKNOWNstatus: UNRESOLVED
#0002reference state has been overwritten.CRITICALstatus: UNRESOLVED
#0010objects move when nobody is looking.UNCONFIRMED
#0001system baseline is no longer available.CRITICALstatus: UNRESOLVED