The Haymaker Method: Context Persistence and Failover for AI-Assisted Development (v2.0)

Version 2.0 of the Haymaker Method -- a hybrid cloud-local context persistence and failover protocol for AI-assisted development. This release consolidates the previously scattered manuscript sections into a single master thesis document, packages the latest v3.0 system architecture, and includes a bootstrap/quickstart guide, LLM entry point, and a provenance evidence archive (original PDFs, prior architecture, v1.3 Zenodo bundle with OpenTimestamps proof). The Haymaker Method introduces structured filesystem-native knowledge stores (the Den), session harvesting discipline (haystacks), a two-tier index system, and a two-node agent topology (cloud orchestrator + local model) enabling seamless handoff when cloud access is interrupted.