Overhaul AsmX-G3 File Structure: Go Linux-Style for Epic Scale

[TaiHusk]

The Problem

Our current setup is a spaghetti junction—root cluttered with changelogs, a fat src/ dir stuffed with everything from AST parsers to backend targets, and examples floating loose. No .gitignore? tsconfig.json bloating the root? It's fine for a prototype, but as we push boundaries (think multi-target firmwares, kernel-level ops), this chaos kills velocity. Devs trip over paths, onboarding sucks, and scaling to drivers/sockets/firmwares feels like herding cats. Inspired by LFS (Linux From Scratch), let's impose order—modular, hierarchical, battle-tested.

Quick audit of now:

• Root: README.md, package.json, tsconfig.json, changelogs/ (with v28/v29 dirs), examples/ (asmx samples like factorial.asmx, sse.asmx).
• src/: Core files (kernel.js, tapi.js, core.js), plus dirs like ast/, backend/, bin/, execution/, installer/, parsing/, server/, svc/, types/, utils/.

This works, but it's not future-proof. Time to refactor like we're building the next x64 kernel.

Proposed Structure

Channel LFS vibes: Separate kernel core, drivers/sockets for extensions, firmwares for targets, terminal for CLI/tools, and keep src/ for app-layer (frontend/backend split). Move examples to docs/examples/. Add .gitignore, normalize naming (kebab-case where sane).

AsmX-G3/
├── .gitignore                  # Standard ignores: node_modules, dist, etc.
├── README.md                   # Beefed-up docs, install/usage
├── package.json                # Root-level deps/scripts
├── tsconfig.json               # TS config stays root
├── changelogs/                 # Versioned logs (keep as-is, but add index.md)
├── docs/                       # All non-code docs
│   └── examples/               # Move asmx samples here
├── drivers/                    # Low-level hardware/sim extensions
├── sockets/                    # Inter-process comms (e.g., serverctl, network stubs)
├── firmwares/                  # Target-specific builds (e.g., amd64/; pull from backend/targets)
├── kernel/                     # Core engine
│   ├── kernel.js               # Main kernel (move from src)
│   ├── journalctl.js           # Logging/journaling
│   ├── exceptionctl.js         # Error handling
│   └── utils/                  # Kernel utils (move src/utils subset)
├── terminal/                   # CLI/TUI layer
│   ├── tapi.js                 # Terminal API (move from src)
│   ├── contract.js             # Pipeline contracts
│   ├── pipelinectl.js          # Pipeline controller
│   └── aliases.js              # CLI aliases (move from src)
└── src/                        # App/compiler layers
    ├── package.json            # Sub-package if needed (e.g., for npm workspaces)
    ├── bin/                    # Executables (move src/bin)
    ├── svc/                    # Services (move src/svc)
    ├── installer/              # Install scripts (move src/installer)
    ├── frontend/               # Parser/transformer front-end
    │   ├── parsers/            # Lexers/parsers (from src/parsing)
    │   ├── transformers/       # AST transforms (from src/ast)
    │   ├── token.js
    │   ├── token.type.js       # Types (from src/types)
    │   └── main.js             # Entry (from src/core?)
    └── backend/                # Code gen/output
        ├── packages/           # Package managers (deb, etc.)
        ├── libman/             # Library management
        ├── targets/            # Arch-specific (amd64; move from src/backend)
        └── output/             # Bin gen (.elf; from src/backend/output)

Key Moves:

• Kernel/terminal/: Isolate core from app code—kernel for execution engine, terminal for user-facing.
• Drivers/sockets/firmwares/: New for extensibility. Drivers for SIMD/GPU (e.g., sse.asmx logic), sockets for IPC, firmwares for cross-target (start empty, seed from examples/backend).
• Src split: Frontend for parsing/AST, backend for gen—mirrors compiler pipelines.
• Docs/: Centralize examples, add API.md.
• Automation: Root scripts/ for build/test (e.g., npm run restructure).

This isn't just cleanup — it's architecture for 10x growth. Think Tesla-scale modularity.

Implementation Plan

1. Prep: Branch off main (git checkout -b fs-overhaul). Add .gitignore. Backup current src/ to temp/.
2. Migrate:
   • Move kernel.js → kernel/, tapi.js → terminal/.
   • Recreate subdirs in src/frontend/backend, shuffle parsing/ast → frontend/parsers/transformers; backend/targets → backend/targets.
   • Examples/ → docs/examples/.
3. Update paths: Fix imports in kernel.js, package.json scripts, tsconfig paths. Test with npm install && npm test (add tests if missing).
4. Validate: Run samples. Lint with ESLint/Prettier.
5. PR & Merge: Review, squash commits, deploy to test env.

Who's in? Let's make AsmX-G3 scream like a Cybertruck on Ludicrous. Ping if tweaks needed — aiming for merge by EOW. 🚀