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🚀 Dennis v0.7.0 — The Decision Engine

This release marks a major step in the evolution of Dennis.

Dennis is no longer just a string extractor.

It is now a deterministic decision engine.

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🔥 Highlights

🧠 Clean Engine (Decision Layer)

Introduces a deterministic classification layer that separates:

• meaningful human strings
• from noise (SQL, CSS, identifiers, code artifacts)

This dramatically improves transformation quality and reliability.

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⚙️ Stable Transformation Pipeline

The core pipeline is now:

scan → decide → plan → package → sign → apply

Each step is deterministic, inspectable, and reproducible.

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📦 DEX Artifacts (Stabilized)

• artifact packaging is stable
• inspection and verification supported
• reversible transformations fully implemented

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🔐 Lineage Tracking

Artifacts now include chained lineage:

• each step is hashed
• transformations form a verifiable chain
• tampering becomes detectable

This enables auditability and forensic traceability.

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🧠 What Changed

Dennis now focuses on:

• meaning over extraction
• determinism over heuristics
• trust over convenience

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⚠️ Notes

• registry and federation features are still evolving
• APIs may change as the platform matures

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📚 Learn More

• Intro: https://dev.to/crevilla2050/what-the-hex-is-a-dex-introducing-deterministic-transformation-artifacts-397d

• Deep dive: https://dev.to/crevilla2050/the-dex-was-not-a-hex-why-deterministic-artifacts-depend-on-deterministic-classification-2728

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🧭 What’s Next

Toward 0.9.0:

• artifact registry (DEX ecosystem)
• improved plan introspection
• visualization and UI tooling
• expanded plugin system

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Dennis is no longer just a tool.

It is becoming a platform.

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No magic. Just steel.