chore: sync code velocity to 10786 LOC [skip ci]

README.md

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Actively used across this environment or in adjacent projects:
 ## ⚡ Efficiency Metrics
 
 - **Codebase Growth:** `10786` lines of custom code across all our repositories
-- **Commit Velocity:** `387` commits since Jan 1
+- **Commit Velocity:** `394` commits since Jan 1
 - **Ares:** Ryzen 9 9950X sustaining ~0.06 load avg while running Gitea and a Kubernetes control plane
 - **Resilience:** Automated failover between AWS and peer nodes