Server-Backed Backends and Peripherals Go Physical
Migrating backends to server APIs with NATS pub/sub, adding microservices, and building the peripheral slot system with the Canada Goose game.
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Dev Logs
Development journal entries tracking progress on various projects.
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Identity, SEO, and a Lot of Polish
Identity got real: guest sessions, passkeys, and a server‑backed auth surface, plus gopher content routing, Z‑Machine version wiring, and a formatting sweep.
CC-40 Completion and IVR Launch
Shipping the TI CC-40 backend with authentic CALL commands and audio, plus a full IVR phone tree system.
Storage Peripherals and Audio Realism
Floppy, hard drive, and cassette peripherals with Kansas City Standard encoding, plus a peripheral audio bus that makes the machine feel physical.
Deployment Prep and Backend Growth
Kubernetes/K3s deployment configs, CI/CD scaffolding, schema-driven API generation, and the Star Trek BASIC backend.
The Big web/ Move and Parser Migrations
Moving the web app to a proper structure, migrating parsers to Pest/Pratt, and building the Z-Machine opcode engine.
Z-Machine Foundations and Storage Sync
Pushing the Z-Machine interpreter forward with decoder work, text handling, and SAVE/RESTORE—plus content-addressable storage with S3 sync.
The Dungeon Gets Real
Transforming a dungeon crawler demo into a persistent roguelike with progression, daily challenges, and meta-unlocks—all in one session.
Emulation Milestones and TypeScript Migration
Intel 8088 demos, Zig-based 6502 experiments, and migrating the frontend to TypeScript for better type safety.
Big Repo Restructure and Backend Migration
Splitting the repository into clear domains—cores, languages, assemblers, BIOS—and making future work less of a guessing game.
Build System Groundwork and Modem Plumbing
Tightening the build pipeline for modem-core WASM, dynamic backend loading, and making the modem behave like a real modem.
A Small Day That Mattered
Fixing CRT modem and BBS bugs—the quiet foundation work that keeps a larger project from getting weird later.