Historical Hosted Backend

Earlier revisions of this repo talked to a hosted Autolab service with /api/git/* and /api/patches endpoints plus an AUTOLAB_KEY.

That backend path is retired in the active repo surface.

Current behavior:

• scripts/refresh_master.py restores from the local promoted master in train_orig.py and research/live/
• scripts/submit_patch.py records runs in research/results.tsv and promotes locally when a result beats current master
• no active setup flow requires AUTOLAB, AUTOLAB_KEY, or a hosted benchmark API

This file exists only to explain historical commits and older notes.