From 66babd6d2bfe758eaf2233b6b9d664a9b468b5a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sridhar Ratnakumar <srid@srid.ca>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 22:22:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ralph(eval): switch home target zest -> sincereintent (per
 request)

sincereintent home config baseline: nrThunks 5,323,428 / calls 3,227,404 /
primops 1,565,120 (deterministic).
---
 docs/eval-bench.sh             |  6 +++---
 docs/eval-time-ralph-report.md | 16 ++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/eval-bench.sh b/docs/eval-bench.sh
index 3077b82..b21f51d 100755
--- a/docs/eval-bench.sh
+++ b/docs/eval-bench.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Ralph eval-time benchmark — counter-based.
-# Usage: ralph-bench.sh [target]   target = pureintent | zest | (both)
+# Usage: ralph-bench.sh [target]   target = pureintent | sincereintent | (both)
 #
 # Primary metric: deterministic eval-work counters from NIX_SHOW_STATS:
 #   nrThunks, nrFunctionCalls, nrPrimOpCalls.
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ ONLY="${1:-}"
 
 declare -A ATTR
 ATTR[pureintent]="$FLAKE#nixosConfigurations.pureintent.config.system.build.toplevel.drvPath"
-ATTR[zest]="$FLAKE#homeConfigurations.\"srid@zest\".activationPackage.drvPath"
+ATTR[sincereintent]="$FLAKE#homeConfigurations.\"srid@sincereintent\".activationPackage.drvPath"
 
 num() { grep -o "\"$1\": [0-9.]*" /tmp/ralph-stats.json | grep -o '[0-9.]*' | head -1; }
 
-for target in pureintent zest; do
+for target in pureintent sincereintent; do
   [ -n "$ONLY" ] && [ "$ONLY" != "$target" ] && continue
   NIX_SHOW_STATS=1 nix eval --raw "${ATTR[$target]}" --option eval-cache false \
     >/dev/null 2>/tmp/ralph-stats.json
diff --git a/docs/eval-time-ralph-report.md b/docs/eval-time-ralph-report.md
index 24a1717..1eaf5fe 100644
--- a/docs/eval-time-ralph-report.md
+++ b/docs/eval-time-ralph-report.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Iterative measurement-driven reduction of Nix **evaluation** time for the two
 configs that get evaluated most often on this machine:
 
 - `pureintent` — the NixOS system (`nixosConfigurations.pureintent`)
-- `zest` — the home-manager config (`homeConfigurations."srid@zest"`)
+- `sincereintent` — the home-manager config (`homeConfigurations."srid@sincereintent"`)
 
 ## Methodology
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ work and are **byte-identical across runs** (independent of CPU clock, load, GC)
 # - --option eval-cache false forces a full re-eval every run
 # - reports nrThunks / nrFunctionCalls / nrPrimOpCalls per target (deterministic)
 nix eval --raw .#nixosConfigurations.pureintent.config.system.build.toplevel.drvPath --option eval-cache false
-nix eval --raw '.#homeConfigurations."srid@zest".activationPackage.drvPath'        --option eval-cache false
+nix eval --raw '.#homeConfigurations."srid@sincereintent".activationPackage.drvPath' --option eval-cache false
 ```
 
 No `nix store gc` between runs (per request). The eval cache is disabled rather
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ then aggregate self/inclusive frames (collapsed-stack format).
 
 | Target     | nrThunks   | nrFunctionCalls | nrPrimOpCalls |
 |------------|------------|-----------------|---------------|
-| pureintent | 20,400,114 | 12,975,268      | 6,507,025     |
-| zest       | 11,066,680 |  7,091,428      | 3,587,586     |
+| pureintent    | 20,400,114 | 12,975,268      | 6,507,025     |
+| sincereintent |  5,323,428 |  3,227,404      | 1,565,120     |
 
 Env: nix 2.34.7, x86_64-linux.
 
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ Env: nix 2.34.7, x86_64-linux.
 
 (Δ% is on nrThunks vs baseline for the affected target.)
 
-| Cycle | Change | pureintent thunks | zest thunks | Verdict |
-|-------|--------|-------------------|-------------|---------|
-| 0 | baseline | 20,400,114 | 11,066,680 | — |
-| 1 | pureintent: `documentation.nixos.enable = false` (drop NixOS options manual; option doc-strings no longer evaluated) | **19,201,996 (−5.9%)** | 11,066,680 | ✅ commit |
+| Cycle | Change | pureintent thunks | sincereintent thunks | Verdict |
+|-------|--------|-------------------|----------------------|---------|
+| 0 | baseline | 20,400,114 | 5,323,428 | — |
+| 1 | pureintent: `documentation.nixos.enable = false` (drop NixOS options manual; option doc-strings no longer evaluated) | **19,201,996 (−5.9%)** | 5,323,428 | ✅ commit |
 
 ## Dead ends