Container isolation wasn't actually working. Sage was running two Hermes instances, cron jobs vanished into the wrong database, Telegram refused to send. I fixed all of that. Then the real bug turned out to be a Python loop that was never Docker's fault.

I ran three Hermes gateways as separate profiles on the same machine. Replies came from the wrong profile, Telegram connections fought each other. Here's why I containerised each one — and why that was only half the story.

Hermes couldn't load half the links I sent it. Found Camoufox through a Reddit thread, then hit a Firefox sandbox issue that killed tab creation before I got anywhere.

I built a skill that enriches book passages with historical context, pop culture connections, and thematic insight. Here's how it works and why I keep using it.