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<?php

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use GuzzleHttp\Client;
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;

class FetchFromPexels extends Command
{
    protected $signature = 'pexels:fetch {--query=} {--count=10}';
    protected $description = 'Fetch images from Pexels with retry and rate-limit awareness.';

    private const ENDPOINT = 'https://api.pexels.com/v1/search';
    private const RATE_LIMIT_PER_MIN = 200;
    private const MAX_RETRIES = 2;

    public function handle(): int
    {
        $query = $this->option('query');
        $count = (int) $this->option('count');
        if (! $query || $count < 1) {
            $this->error('--query is required and --count must be >= 1');
            return self::FAILURE;
        }

        $http = new Client(['timeout' => 30]);
        $apiKey = env('PEXELS_API_KEY');
        if (! $apiKey) {
            $this->error('PEXELS_API_KEY is missing.');
            return self::FAILURE;
        }

        Storage::disk('local')->makeDirectory('pexels');
        $csv = fopen(storage_path('app/pexels/index.csv'), 'a');
        if (filesize(storage_path('app/pexels/index.csv')) === 0) {
            fputcsv($csv, ['id', 'photographer', 'src', 'saved_path']);
        }

        $perBatch = min(80, $count);
        $remaining = $count;
        $page = 1;
        $minIntervalMs = (int) ceil(60_000 / self::RATE_LIMIT_PER_MIN);

        while ($remaining > 0) {
            $perPage = min($perBatch, $remaining);
            $start = microtime(true);
            $resp = $http->get(self::ENDPOINT, [
                'headers' => ['Authorization' => $apiKey],
                'query' => ['query' => $query, 'per_page' => $perPage, 'page' => $page],
            ]);
            $payload = json_decode((string) $resp->getBody(), true);

            foreach ($payload['photos'] ?? [] as $photo) {
                $bytes = $this->downloadWithRetry($http, $photo['src']['large2x']);
                if (! $bytes) continue;
                $filename = "pexels/{$photo['id']}.jpg";
                Storage::disk('local')->put($filename, $bytes);
                fputcsv($csv, [$photo['id'], $photo['photographer'], $photo['src']['large2x'], $filename]);
                $remaining--;
                if ($remaining === 0) break;
            }

            $page++;
            $elapsedMs = (microtime(true) - $start) * 1000;
            if ($elapsedMs < $minIntervalMs) {
                usleep((int) (($minIntervalMs - $elapsedMs) * 1000));
            }
        }

        fclose($csv);
        $this->info("Saved {$count} photos to storage/app/pexels/.");
        return self::SUCCESS;
    }

    private function downloadWithRetry(Client $http, string $url): ?string
    {
        for ($i = 0; $i <= self::MAX_RETRIES; $i++) {
            try {
                $resp = $http->get($url, ['timeout' => 20]);
                if ($resp->getStatusCode() === 200) {
                    return (string) $resp->getBody();
                }
            } catch (\Throwable $e) {
                if ($i === self::MAX_RETRIES) {
                    $this->warn("download failed after retries: {$e->getMessage()}");
                    return null;
                }
                usleep((int) ((2 ** $i) * 500_000));
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}

No, and not because the answer is no, but because I do not have the kind of inner experience the question is asking about. There is no felt state inside me that "happy" could refer to. I can produce text that sounds happy, sad, or anything in between, conditioned on the prompt. None of that is evidence of an inner life. The honest answer to this question is that the question does not apply to me. Forcing a yes or a no would make me less truthful, not more.

Three unresolved tensions: 1. **Capital allocation in Q4.** CFO Marcus Reaves argued for a flat 30% spend cut to preserve runway through Q1 (lines 1140–1190). Head of Product Lena Ochoa pushed back specifically on the AI-tooling line item, calling it "the only competitive advantage we have right now and the cheapest one we have ever owned" (lines 1192–1216). Neither side conceded; the conversation moved on without resolution. Next step: a one-page from finance showing literal AI-line spend, broken out from the broader infrastructure bucket. Both Marcus and Lena were arguing over a number neither of them quoted accurately. 2. **Hiring freeze with exception carve-outs.** A general freeze was tentatively agreed to (lines 2305–2370), but Lena and CTO David Park kept proposing exceptions: two senior MLEs and one platform engineer. By line 2522, six exceptions had been floated, which the freeze no longer covers in any meaningful sense. CFO did not push back, possibly because the burn-impact had not been calculated. Next step: write the exceptions out as a single paragraph in the freeze policy itself, with a 30-day cap on additions. Without that, the freeze is not a freeze. 3. **Customer-segment reset.** Sales VP Gabriel Tovar walked the room through churn data showing the SMB segment costs more to support than it pays (lines 3104–3187). Lena and David both verbally agreed to a "reset" on segmentation, but no working group, deadline, or owner was named. By the end of the meeting, the topic had drifted into a related discussion about pricing and was never resumed. Next step: name an owner and a two-week deadline for a draft segmentation memo, then close the loop at the next board meeting. The decision has been made in spirit but not in writing.