0.3, fix perf issues by having static canned on first launch

app.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import random
 import configparser
 import requests
 from flask import Flask, render_template_string, jsonify, send_from_directory
@@ -10,6 +11,16 @@ OLLAMA_MODEL = os.environ.get("OLLAMA_MODEL", "gemma4:e4b")
 PROMPT = os.environ.get("JOKE_PROMPT", "tell me a dad joke about programming")
 PORT = int(os.environ.get("PORT", "80"))
 
+PRESET_JOKES = [
+    "What do you call parenting with a software engineer? Pair programming (or O-pair programming).",
+    "My kids were rolling on the floor and screaming. My wife asked what was happening, and I told her it was a version conflict.",
+    "When I wrote this code, only God and I knew how it worked. Now, only God knows.",
+    "A programmer is sent to the store by his wife: “Get a gallon of milk, and if they have eggs, get a dozen.” The programmer returns home with 13 gallons of milk and says, “They had eggs”.",
+    "Where do coder dads store all their projects? In a dad-abase.",
+    "Why don't programmers like going outside into nature? Too many bugs.",
+    "Why did the programmer die taking a shower? The shampoo bottle instructions said: Lather. Rinse. Repeat."
+]
+
 def get_app_version():
     config = configparser.ConfigParser()
     version_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "version.ini")
@@ -696,7 +707,7 @@ def request_joke():
 
 @app.route("/")
 def index():
-    joke = request_joke()
+    joke = random.choice(PRESET_JOKES)
     version = get_app_version()
     return render_template_string(
         HTML_TEMPLATE,

version.ini

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [metadata]
-version = 0.2
+version = 0.3