—Hello again proggers—

Spent basically all the time this round migrating off Hack Club infra and onto my own hosting instead. Spectralis itself is doing fine through the move. Also chipping away at the Token art for the CHASER world, still using a reference rather than working blind, credit to femtanyl for the original art being referenced.

infra migrations eat entire days and produce zero visible features, name a more thankless task

Cat or dog? DNS propagation

Okay let's get into it~

—Yap—

Following the Hackatime issues back in devlog #23, decided it was time to actually own the infra instead of depending on someone else's. Most of this round went into that move rather than app features, plus continued progress on the Token art for CHASER from devlog #52.

—The Great Suffering—

1 — Migrating Off Hack Club Infra

Full move to self-hosted infrastructure instead of relying on Hack Club's. Not a small task, this ate the majority of the time this round. Spectralis kept running fine through the transition, which is the actual win here.

2 — More Token Art

Continued work on Token specifically, still the hardest character to get right from devlog #52. Working from a reference this round rather than purely freehand, original art credited to femtanyl for the reference used.

—FAQ (no one asked these but they are here)—

Q: What is a "progger"? A: A human programmer. You. The one who spent a whole session on DNS instead of features.

Q: Why move off Hack Club infra? A: Following from the Hackatime flag situation back in devlog #23, wanting more control over the app's own infrastructure going forward.

Q: Did the migration cause any downtime? A: Nothing reported this round, app held up fine through the move.

Q: Is Token art done yet? A: Not yet, still working through it, same difficulty called out back in devlog #52.

Q: Back to features next devlog? A: Hoping so, infra work tends to be a one-time tax rather than an ongoing one.

—This is the end*—

*end for now, DNS propagation permitting

CYA!!!