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The Week in the Forge • October 1–8, 2026

Not a changelog. The story behind the work.

Read about the strange bugs, hard choices, near wins, and small discoveries shaping Forged By Fire software, games, and AI.

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Choose a story and settle in.

Recent entries stay at the left on larger screens. The full article opens in the reading area without sending you through a maze of separate pages.

How do I add a new post?
  1. Open js/dev-blog-posts.js.
  2. Copy the example post object and put the new entry at the top.
  3. Change the story fields, save, commit, and push main.

The reader, recent list, filters, and archive rebuild themselves from that one entry.

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The promise

Progress without the victory fog.

An experiment is not a feature. A successful build is not a public release. A near win is not a promotion. Every entry keeps those lines visible while telling the human story behind the work.