Platform Overview

SirSluginston is a self-hosted business platform. You own the infrastructure — your data lives in your cloud account, not ours, and SirSluginston Co has no access to it.

What you have running right now:

• A multi-tenant site platform — build and manage multiple brands from one deployment
• A visual page builder — your admin edits pages from /admin, no code deploys needed
• An ad slot system — your AdSense publisher ID is active and earns from your traffic
• An automated accountant (the Beacon) — tracks your actual infrastructure costs and manages the ad rotation automatically

You're running on AWS via the @sirsluginston/aws-adapter. Your data lives in your own DynamoDB tables, authenticated by Cognito, content distributed via CloudFront. When you're ready to expand, run the adapter again to add Ocean, Intellect, or Commerce.

"No one starves before anyone eats."

SirSluginston runs on a solvency-first model: your infrastructure costs are always covered by the revenue your site generates before SirSluginston Co earns anything from your deployment.

This is enforced in code, not just in writing. The Beacon tracks your real infrastructure spend, calculates your solvency cap automatically, and switches ad publisher IDs at the right moment — no manual reporting, no invoices, no margin calls.

SirSluginston Co earns nothing from any deployment that never hits its cap.

Your site includes AdSlots — ad placements that serve from your AdSense publisher ID. The Beacon decides which publisher ID is active:

State	Publisher ID	Who earns
Below solvency cap	Yours	You earn directly from your ad network
At or above cap	SirSluginston Co's	SirSluginston Co earns until monthly reset
Monthly reset	Yours again	Cap resets at the start of each calendar month

Solvency cap formula:
Cap = ceil(monthly_infrastructure_cost / CPM_rate × 1000)

CPM starts at $1.50 and self-calibrates to your domain's real ad performance after the first cap is hit. The cap adjusts automatically as your infrastructure grows or shrinks — a daily Lambda in your account queries your cloud cost data and updates it.

You're running on AWS via the @sirsluginston/aws-adapter.

• Database: DynamoDB (sirsluginston-co-Config, sirsluginston-co-UserData)
• Auth: Cognito User Pool — your admin email is in the admins group
• Media: S3 bucket + CloudFront distribution
• Beacon: Production mode — SLIME acceptance gate active on first admin login, enforcement active
• Hosting: Lambda SSR + CloudFront CDN

All resources are tagged CreatedBy: SirSluginstonCLI. View them in AWS Resource Groups & Tag Editor or your admin panel's AWS Cost Analytics section.

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Core handles everything for a content-driven site. Three add-ons extend it when you have a specific need:

Ocean Data Pipeline — if you receive data from external sources that visitors need to see. Includes Sonar alerting built in.

Intellect (AI) — if visitors would genuinely benefit from a live AI assistant or you have background content processing needs. Batch and Live modes.

Commerce & Payments — if you are selling something. No per-sale fees from SirSluginston Co.

Each add-on increases your infrastructure footprint and your solvency cap adjusts to match. Add what you actually need — not what sounds useful.