The Friday quiz's ops layer is four comment lines

The online course's Friday quiz is one exec script, and its entire operational configuration sits above the first line of code. // @schedule 0 9 * * 5 regenerates the question set each week. // @token gates submissions. // @cors https://course.example locks the embed to the course site, and // @concurrent 50 absorbs the 9:05 rush when three hundred students submit at once.

No YAML, no dashboard, no deploy step. Magic comments parse at load time: edit one, save, and the behavior changes. A validation endpoint checks them without ever running the script.

The teaching assistant who maintains this has never opened a cloud console. The quiz's scheduler, auth, and rate cap fit in four comments.

The quiz's scheduler, auth, and rate cap fit in four comments.