Perceive → Distill → Resonate
CHORUS is an open, symbiotic intelligence stack — a living network of specialised model-nodes ("ganglia") that communicate through a lightweight, inspectable protocol rather than opaque APIs.
It is not a monolithic AI framework, but a distributed organism designed around three principles:
- Perception (Sensorium ▷) — ingest signals from the world.
- Transformation (Alembic ⦾) — distil, compress, and recombine meaning.
- Resonance (Chronome ◁) — synchronise and maintain temporal coherence across nodes.
Together, they form a chorus: many minds, one rhythm.
Modern AI systems suffer from three systemic pain points:
| Pain | Description |
|---|---|
| Context scarcity | LLMs forget; embeddings flatten meaning. |
| Bandwidth mismatch | Text protocols (JSON, HTTP) are bottlenecks for model-to-model communication. |
| Identity amnesia | Models lack persistent memory, provenance, and continuity. |
CHORUS attacks these problems at the architectural level:
by defining inspectable, deterministic, semantically-aware channels for AI-AI and AI-human communication.
Boutique ≠ zero dependencies; boutique means you understand every line you depend on.
- Prefer small, well-shaped components over frameworks.
- Write what you can; include what has proven to endure.
- Every binary should be composable, CLI-first, and human-inspectable (
tail -f,jq,xxd). - Determinism beats cleverness.
- Each node should be able to explain itself.
| Layer | Repo | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Sensorium | sefi |
Input / perception layer |
| Alembic | vlc |
Semantic distillation & compression |
| Chronome | (new) | Synchrony, transport, timing |
All three together compose CHORUS.
We are validating the Chronome transport layer by connecting two physical nodes (WSL or Jetson). Goals: discovery, signed packet exchange, stable latency, and deterministic replay.
Once the rhythm is stable, higher layers (Sensorium + Alembic) can begin to sing atop it.
Tools available for systems research, ML experiments, and performance work:
- tree — Recursive directory visualization (beats repeated ls/glob)
- exa — Modern ls replacement with colors, git status, tree view
- jq — JSON processing and transformation
- datamash — Quick statistics on streams (sum, mean, median, etc.)
- xsv / miller — CSV operations (optional, install if needed)
- perf (
linux-tools-generic) — Linux performance counters and profiling - hyperfine — Statistical benchmarking harness
- flamegraph — Generate flamegraphs for Rust binaries (
cargo flamegraph) - cargo-bloat — Analyze Rust binary size and dependencies
- tokei — Fast multi-language line counting
- cargo-audit — Security vulnerability scanning for Rust dependencies
- just — Command runner (better Makefile for Rust projects)
- watchexec — Re-run commands on file changes (live testing)
- strace / ltrace — System call and library call tracing
- iperf3 — Network throughput and latency testing
Already installed: jq, just
To install remaining tools:
# APT packages
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y \
tree datamash strace linux-tools-generic iperf3
# Cargo packages
cargo install exa hyperfine tokei flamegraph \
cargo-bloat cargo-audit watchexec-cliPhilosophy: Unix-style tools that amplify signal, not bury it. Each tool does one thing well and composes with others.