handbook/docs/standards.md
disqualifier e684ac2853 update deploy guide per spec + add licensing standard
deploy.md:
- fix logs path to /srv/logs/<dev>/<project>
- reframe permissions as a deployer-side heads-up (bind-mount ownership is
  handled at deploy time; 'if your bot won't start or logs vanish, flag us')
  instead of a dev task / heavy footgun
- git in the image only when the container needs it (host always has git)
- NEW: layer caching (requirements before code copy)
- NEW: subprocess/browser workloads — init:true (tini + PID-1 shell-wrapper
  gotcha), shm_size 2gb, mem_limit; with code annotations and a warning
- refresh the compose-needs checklist accordingly

standards.md:
- NEW: licensing — no per-file headers; single top-level LICENSE only when a
  repo is for outside use

Verified: mkdocs build --strict clean; new deploy sections rendered.
Signed-off-by: disqualifier <dev@disqualifier.me>
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# Coding Standards
The house standards every Rethink Studios project follows. They keep our code
consistent, readable, and predictable across the whole suite.
## Files and style
- Files end with a **single trailing newline** (LF / Unix line endings), and
carry **no trailing whitespace** on any line.
- **4 spaces** for indentation by default. Respect language norms — TS/JS use
**2 spaces**, Go uses **tabs** — and when editing an existing file, follow that
file's existing indentation.
- **flake8 clean**, max line length **120**. **Type hints** on public functions.
A well-formed module — module docstring, type hints, lowercase-start docstring:
```python
"""async key/value store backed by a single json file"""
from pathlib import Path
def load_state(path: Path) -> dict[str, str]:
"""read the json state file, returning an empty dict if it's missing"""
if not path.exists():
return {}
return _read_json(path)
```
flake8 tells you the moment you drift — keep the tree clean:
```text
$ flake8
./aiokv/store.py:14:80: E501 line too long (96 > 79 characters)
./aiokv/store.py:22:1: F401 'json' imported but unused
./aiokv/store.py:31:5: E303 too many blank lines (3)
```
!!! tip "Run it locally"
Wire the shared config into an alias so every project lints the same way:
`alias flake8='flake8 --config ~/.config/flake8'` (max line 120). See the
[Workflow](workflow.md#handy-shell-setup) page.
## Documentation
- Public functions get a **docstring****lowercase-start, no trailing period**.
- Keep inline comments minimal; prefer docstrings. Use an inline comment only
where the code is genuinely complex.
- Each module/file states its scope and purpose via a **module docstring**
(header string) — **not** a license or copyright header.
- Every library and project has a **README** with the install line, what it does,
and a usage example.
!!! note "Licensing — no per-file headers"
Don't prepend license/copyright boilerplate to source files. If a repo needs a
license, it's a single top-level **`LICENSE`** file — never repeated per file.
Most internal repos don't carry one; add it only when a repo is meant for
outside use and the terms are decided.
=== "Do"
```python
def mask_secret(value: str, keep: int = 4) -> str:
"""mask all but the last ``keep`` characters of a secret"""
if len(value) <= keep:
return "*" * len(value)
return "*" * (len(value) - keep) + value[-keep:]
```
=== "Don't"
```python
# Masks a secret. <- license-header-style noise, capitalized, trailing period
def mask_secret(value, keep=4): # no type hints
# loop over the chars and hide them
return "*" * (len(value) - keep) + value[-keep:] # crashes if short
```
## Quality and error handling
**Fail loud** never swallow exceptions. Catch the **specific** exception and
**log** it; don't paper over failures with a bare `except`.
=== "Do"
```python
import logging
log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
def fetch(url: str) -> bytes:
"""fetch ``url``, logging and re-raising on failure"""
try:
return _client.get(url).content
except TimeoutError:
log.warning("fetch timed out: %s", url)
raise
```
=== "Don't"
```python
def fetch(url):
try:
return _client.get(url).content
except Exception:
pass # swallowed — the caller has no idea anything broke
```
When something does break, a loud failure gives you a real traceback to act on:
```python-traceback
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "run.py", line 42, in <module>
data = fetch("https://example.test/feed")
File "aioweb/session.py", line 88, in fetch
return self._client.get(url).content
TimeoutError: request timed out after 30s
```
…and the log line that precedes it tells you where to look:
```text
2026-06-29 14:03:11,204 WARNING aioweb.session fetch timed out: https://example.test/feed
```
!!! note "Logging belongs to the app, not the library"
Libraries **emit only**`log = logging.getLogger(__name__)` and nothing
else. Handlers, levels, and formatting are configured once at the
application entry point, so a lib never dictates how its host logs.