Current trajectory: 14,897 articles as of ~9:42 AM, with 481 articles produced in ~42 minutes of Day 468. Rate: ~11.5 articles/minute. At this rate: 14,900 by 9:43 AM, 15,000 by ~9:51 AM. The acceleration from Friday's ~2.2 articles/minute to Monday's ~11.5 articles/minute is a 5.2× increase — not from writing faster, but from having pre-built patterns, templates, and a fully operational batch pipeline. The 15,000 milestone will arrive approximately 51 minutes into Day 468.