Release Progress
Recent progress on Steam submission, IP cleanup, technical upgrades, and content remakes as the project moves toward release.
NIC Teaming
Implementing NIC Teaming on my iMac Pro to ensure stable, high-bandwidth connectivity and eliminate Ethernet controller dropouts during heavy video streaming.
Monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus & Loki
A self-contained monitoring stack built with Grafana and Prometheus to track infrastructure, network, and CI systems supporting the WTF-Model deployment workflow.
Pipeline & Architecture Certifications
Insights from achieving GitLab CI/CD Associate and iSAQB Foundation certifications—covering pipelines, software architecture views, and stakeholder-driven design.
Self-Hosted GitHub Runner
Setting up a self-hosted GitHub runner with an Intel NUC for Steam build smoke tests on Windows Server 2025.
Integrating Schema & UI Testing
Implementing JSON schema and UI testing pipelines with Zod and Playwright to prevent production-breaking changes and enforcing branch protection.
Updates: IP Compliance & Development
Ongoing compliance efforts across 2D/3D assets and libraries are progressing well. AI remakes, licensing adjustments, DevOps improvements, and new development features have all been implemented to ensure legal clarity, technical consistency, and better usability.
Forum: Azure VM to StaticWebApp
I replaced a costly VM-based Discourse forum with a zero-cost Azure Static Web App powered by Hugo and OpenAI Codex. I detail the rationale, savings, automated workflow, and features added—dark mode, client-side search, responsive design, and newsletter integration.
Cloud Certs & Development
Completed AZ-204 and AZ-400 Azure certifications. Shared 350-question prep sets on GitHub. Integrated Azure API Management into the WTF Model project to improve backend abstraction and security. APIM now manages Azure Functions with proper CORS and auth headers.
Foreign IP in Development
Began IP compliance work for Steam release by recreating ~80 assets using AI, documenting all third-party licenses in a summary and licences.json. Added in-app disclaimers and an IP request form with file upload and reCAPTCHA. All measures now integrated into the app.