diff --git a/slides/tappaas/one-year-in/index.md b/slides/tappaas/one-year-in/index.md
index e206eef..d9f1860 100644
--- a/slides/tappaas/one-year-in/index.md
+++ b/slides/tappaas/one-year-in/index.md
@@ -357,23 +357,41 @@ What it actually cost.
 
 ---
 
-## The quiet months are the honest part
+## The brutal commit graph of a side project
 
-**September–October 2025: 15 commits in two months.**
+```text
+2025-05   99  ██████████  ← the honeymoon
+2025-06   21  ██
+2025-07   53  █████
+2025-08  141  ██████████████  ← Sommerhack 2025
+2025-09    6  █  ← vacation
+2025-10    9  █
+2025-11   41  ████
+2025-12   47  █████
+2026-01   66  ██████
+2026-02  141  ██████████████
+2026-03   33  ███
+2026-04   19  ██
+2026-05  190  ██████████████████
+2026-06  351  ██████████████████████████████████  ← something changed
+2026-07  164  ████████████████
+2026-08  126  ████████████  (to the 25th)
+```
 
-I was on vacation.
+Not a burndown chart. A heartbeat — 1,507 beats, and two months where it
+nearly flatlined.
 
-The lesson I take from it: a self-hosted platform that needs *you* every week
-is not a platform, it is a pet.
-
-Those two months are the real test. The services stayed up.
-Because updates, backups and tests do not need me to be enthusiastic.
+The services stayed up through the flat bits anyway, because updates,
+backups and tests do not need me to be enthusiastic.
 
 <!--
-Strong point: the automation is not a nice-to-have, it is what makes the
-project survivable by a human with a life.
+Point at Sept/Oct 2025 — six and nine commits — and say "I was on vacation."
+Deadpan. That is the whole joke, and it makes the following line land: a
+platform that needs you every week is not a platform, it is a pet.
+Then point at June: 351. Do NOT explain it yet — that is the hook into
+The Ugly, two slides from now.
+Numbers regenerated 2026-08-25; August is a partial month.
 -->
-
 ---
 
 ## June 2026: 351 commits. Something changed.
@@ -572,7 +590,7 @@ several of my ideas, and the ADR is where that argument is recorded.
 
 The AI may change any file on disk. It may not make a change **permanent**.
 
-Every single line that entered history passed under my eyes.
+Every single **commit** that entered history passed under my eyes.
 
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 Verbatim from CLAUDE.md. The distinction — mutate freely, persist never — is
@@ -692,18 +710,16 @@ running software nobody can withdraw.
 - A skill you own beats a subscription you rent.
 - Every basement cloud makes the next one cheaper to build.
 
-`TODO: your one-sentence version of this — say it in your own words, not mine`
-
 ---
 
 ## Start smaller than I did
 
 | Step | What you get |
 | --- | --- |
-| 1. One box, evaluation tier | 4 cores / 16 GB / a disk. Nested virt is fine. |
+| 1. One box, evaluation tier | 4 cores / 16 GB / **two disks**. Nested virt is fine. |
 | 2. Proxmox + OPNsense | Zones, VLANs, DNS, certificates that renew |
 | 3. The mothership | `tappaas-cicd` — the thing that installs the rest |
-| 4. **One** service | Vaultwarden. Small, useful, immediately missed. |
+| 4. **One** service | Home Assistant. Small, useful, immediately missed. |
 | 5. Backup **before** service two | Non-negotiable. Ask me why. |
 
 No public IP? A satellite VPS is the escape hatch.