HELIX COASTER · V12 · FLEET ECONOMICS · MESH ECONOMICS ENGINE
HELIX COASTER
Every service in the fleet. Plotted on the TrueCost curve. The load-bearing shape.
TrueCost(route, window) =
  [ ComputeCost(route, window)
  + DebtCost(route)         ← LABR debt × $rates × 1.02^(age/30)
  + RoutingCost(route, strands) ] ← latency + SLA breach + idle
  × SemanticRatio(route)      ← value-adjusted (embedding score)
  ± PlacementGap(route)       ← local vs AKS efficiency delta
γ₁ = 14.134725141734693 · The floor holds
① COMPUTE
KubeCost node-normalized model for AKS. Opportunity cost (35% local discount) for Docker/Podman.
CPU_norm × n_cores + RAM_norm × n_GB
Local = AKS_shadow × 0.65
② DEBT
LABR debt monetized. Each dimension has a $/hr remediation rate. Compounds 2%/month.
identity $12/hr · placement $25/hr
health $60/hr · ownership $20/hr
doc $8/hr · ctrl_mismatch $40/hr
③ ROUTING
Actual mesh routing cost. CPU per request + user time at $0.10/min + SLA breach penalty.
$150/month per 1% over SLA target
$0.10/min user latency cost
Idle routes: LB + controller overhead
④ SEMANTIC
The dimension nobody else has. Value-adjusted cost from PEMCLAU embedding score.
SemanticWeight 40% + ConnDensity 40%
+ VolumeScore 20%
Ratio <1 = worth more than it costs
⑤ PLACEMENT
Local vs AKS efficiency delta. Management overhead KubeCost completely ignores.
AKS overhead: $0.10/hr control plane
+ 2 min nodes + $0.05/hr ingress
Local overhead: ~$0
THE HELIX TRACK · 30-DAY ROLLING WINDOW
$35 $25 $15 $5 TrueCost 30d ago 15d ago today γ₁ floor mefine-static $4.50 ✓ carmac-portal $4.23 ✓ pemos-mal $3.80 ✓ ext-router $3.22 ✓ hvcp $3.22 ✓ ?:9442 $33 🚨 ?:9409 $21 🚨 ?:9428 $17 🚨 ?:9398 $18 🚨 ?:9370 $15 ⚠ labelled · cost-efficient unlabelled · SemanticRatio=0.10 → TrueCost explodes
DEBT COMPOUNDING CURVE · 12-MONTH WINDOW
Debt compounds at 2%/month. Every month you wait costs more.
$120 $90 $60 $30 $0 M0M1M2 M3M4M5 M6M7M8 M9M10M11 health identity total +24% vs M0
FLEET COST LEADERBOARD · TRUECOST RANKED
SERVICE COMPUTE/mo DEBT SCORE ROUTING/mo SEMANTIC RATIO TRUECOST/mo VERDICT
pemos-mefine-static $4.20LOW (2)$1.100.85 $4.50 ✅ COST-EFFECTIVE
pemos-carmac-portal $3.80LOW (1)$0.900.90 $4.23 ✅ COST-EFFECTIVE
pemos-hvcp $2.10MED (8)$0.400.70 $3.22 ✅ COST-EFFECTIVE
pemos-fleet-wiki $1.80MED (6)$0.200.65 $2.50 ✅ COST-EFFECTIVE
pemos-novelty $1.50HIGH (15)$0.300.40 $3.12 ⚠ INVESTIGATE
pemos-mogs-ops $1.20HIGH (18)$0.150.35 $2.84 ⚠ INVESTIGATE
containers-pemos-egyptian-fulcrum-1 $3.50CRIT (28)$0.800.30 $13.50 🚨 OPTIMIZE
[unlabelled-9442] $2.80CRIT (35)$0.500.10 $33.00 🚨 ELIMINATE?
[unlabelled-9409] $1.90CRIT (35)$0.200.10 $21.00 🚨 ELIMINATE?
[unlabelled-9428] $1.60CRIT (35)$0.100.10 $17.50 🚨 ELIMINATE?
PHASE 0 — CONTAINER CITIZENSHIP
37 containers on msi01 currently have no labels. Debt score: 35 (CRITICAL) each.
SemanticRatio defaults to 0.10 (unknown value) → TrueCost explodes.
Label all 37 → debt score drops to 0–5 → SemanticRatio becomes computable.
Expected TrueCost reduction: ~$150/month across the fleet. That's labelling containers. Not migrating anything. Not refactoring anything. Just giving them names, routes, and owners.