From 5a952a8809ad2c36404a37ca482faa31e11753d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xylophonez <xylophonezygote@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:55:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] content: ao-the-asset pt2

---
 src/config.ts |   2 +-
 src/lib.ts    | 112 ++++----------------------------------------------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 106 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 3e7ead9..2720a89 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export const BLOG_PERMALINK_PREFIX = "https://386900368387k.arweave.net"
 export const BLOG_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION =
   "A blog about cyberspace decentralization";
 export const BLOG_TWITTER_HANDLE = "";
-export const MANIFEST_TX_ID = "EnWM5yrSyOCGV9YSUe1bUYWsq_Yxg4uEaVF9ODdbWWk";
+export const MANIFEST_TX_ID = "hm2oq70wCqZ89MjQNpnz1n2Ng6vjCsvZ5wMSzJvbR_g";
 export const ARWEAVE_GATEWAY = "https://arweave.net";
 
 export const AO_URL = "https://push-1.forward.computer";
diff --git a/src/lib.ts b/src/lib.ts
index 2580588..89b6753 100644
--- a/src/lib.ts
+++ b/src/lib.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import DOMPurify from "dompurify";
 import { marked, type Tokens } from "marked";
 import { parse as parseYaml } from "yaml";
-import { AO_PROCESS_ID, AO_URL, ARWEAVE_GATEWAY, MANIFEST_TX_ID } from "./config";
+import { ARWEAVE_GATEWAY, MANIFEST_TX_ID } from "./config";
 import { parseManifest, type Frontmatter, type ManifestPost } from "./types";
 
 const formatDate = (date: string): string =>
@@ -71,112 +71,14 @@ export const getReadableDate = (date?: string | null): string | null => {
   return formatDate(date);
 };
 
-const MANIFEST_ID_CACHE_TTL_MS = 60_000;
-let manifestIdCache: { expiresAt: number; manifestId: string } | null = null;
-
-const asObject = (value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> | null =>
-  typeof value === "object" && value !== null ? (value as Record<string, unknown>) : null;
-
-const asString = (value: unknown): string | null =>
-  typeof value === "string" && value.length > 0 ? value : null;
-
-const findManifestIdInTags = (tagsValue: unknown): string | null => {
-  const tags = Array.isArray(tagsValue) ? tagsValue : [];
-  for (const tag of tags) {
-    const tagObject = asObject(tag);
-    if (!tagObject) continue;
-    const name = asString(tagObject.name) ?? asString(tagObject.Name);
-    const value = asString(tagObject.value) ?? asString(tagObject.Value);
-    if ((name === "LatestManifestId" || name === "ManifestId") && value) return value;
-  }
-  return null;
-};
-
-const extractManifestId = (payload: unknown): string | null => {
-  const root = asObject(payload);
-  const results = asObject(root?.results);
-  if (!results) return null;
-
-  const outbox = asObject(results.outbox);
-  if (outbox) {
-    for (const message of Object.values(outbox)) {
-      const messageObject = asObject(message);
-      if (!messageObject) continue;
-      const direct = asString(messageObject.LatestManifestId) ?? asString(messageObject.ManifestId);
-      if (direct) return direct;
-      const tagged = findManifestIdInTags(messageObject.Tags);
-      if (tagged) return tagged;
-    }
-  }
-
-  const raw = asObject(results.raw);
-  const rawMessages = Array.isArray(raw?.Messages) ? raw.Messages : [];
-  for (const message of rawMessages) {
-    const messageObject = asObject(message);
-    if (!messageObject) continue;
-    const tagged = findManifestIdInTags(messageObject.Tags);
-    if (tagged) return tagged;
-  }
-
-  const json = asObject(results.json);
-  const body = json?.body;
-  const parsedBody =
-    typeof body === "string" ? asObject(JSON.parse(body)) : asObject(body);
-  const jsonMessages = Array.isArray(parsedBody?.Messages) ? parsedBody.Messages : [];
-  for (const message of jsonMessages) {
-    const messageObject = asObject(message);
-    if (!messageObject) continue;
-    const tagged = findManifestIdInTags(messageObject.Tags);
-    if (tagged) return tagged;
-  }
-
-  return null;
-};
-
-const getLatestManifestFromAo = async (): Promise<string | null> => {
-  try {
-    const now = Date.now();
-    if (manifestIdCache && manifestIdCache.expiresAt > now) {
-      return manifestIdCache.manifestId;
-    }
-
-    const url = `${AO_URL}/${AO_PROCESS_ID}~process@1.0/compute?Action=Get&require-codec=application/json&accept-bundle=true`;
-    const response = await fetch(url, { cache: "no-store" });
-    if (!response.ok) return null;
-
-    const payload: unknown = await response.json();
-    const manifestId = extractManifestId(payload);
-    if (!manifestId) return null;
-
-    manifestIdCache = {
-      expiresAt: now + MANIFEST_ID_CACHE_TTL_MS,
-      manifestId
-    };
-    return manifestId;
-  } catch {
-    return null;
-  }
-};
-
 export const loadManifest = async (): Promise<ManifestPost[]> => {
-  const loadByTxId = async (manifestTxId: string): Promise<ManifestPost[]> => {
-    const response = await fetch(arweaveUrl(manifestTxId));
-    if (!response.ok) {
-      throw new Error(`Failed to load manifest (${response.status})`);
-    }
-    const payload: unknown = await response.json();
-    return parseManifest(payload);
-  };
-
-  try {
-    return await loadByTxId(MANIFEST_TX_ID);
-  } catch (manifestError) {
-    const latestManifestTxId = await getLatestManifestFromAo();
-    if (!latestManifestTxId || latestManifestTxId === MANIFEST_TX_ID) {
-      throw manifestError;
-    }
-    return loadByTxId(latestManifestTxId);
+  const response = await fetch(arweaveUrl(MANIFEST_TX_ID));
+  if (!response.ok) {
+    throw new Error(`Failed to load manifest (${response.status})`);
   }
+
+  const payload: unknown = await response.json();
+  return parseManifest(payload);
 };
 
 const isObject = (value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> =>