https://pdoom1.com/blog/ Development notes from p(Doom)1 - a satirical strategy game about managing an AI safety lab. en-AU Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2026-07-15-ui-before-snapshot.md pdoom1-blog-2026-07-15-ui-before-snapshot.md Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A deliberate 'before' snapshot of pdoom1.com at the start of a UI refresh - what's working (the Risk Dashboard), what reads as dated (blanket monospace, no shared layout spine), and the correctness bugs fixed the same day. website ui design dev-notes https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-10-09-website-development-sprint-complete-v0-2-0.md pdoom1-blog-2025-10-09-website-development-sprint-complete-v0-2-0.md Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Completed comprehensive 6-hour development sprint delivering major website enhancements across three phases: game asset integration, blog system overhaul, and UI polish. Transformed the website from a basic landing page into a professional developer showcase. website milestone ui infrastructure https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-10-09-architecture-revolution-monolith-to-modular.md pdoom1-blog-2025-10-09-architecture-revolution-monolith-to-modular.md Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 A comprehensive look at our systematic approach to breaking down 4,235+ line monoliths into clean, maintainable modules - featuring real metrics and engineering insights from the trenches milestone architecture refactoring type-annotation engineering https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-09-15-ui-monolith-breakdown-complete.md pdoom1-blog-2025-09-15-ui-monolith-breakdown-complete.md Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Completed systematic breakdown of 4,235-line UI monolith into 8 specialized modules, achieving 37.1% reduction with zero functionality regression milestone architecture ui refactoring v0.7.0 https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-09-15-multi-repository-integration-complete.md pdoom1-blog-2025-09-15-multi-repository-integration-complete.md Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Completed comprehensive multi-repository integration system establishing professional automation and documentation management across pdoom1, pdoom1-website, and pdoom-data repositories with zero-manual-overhead release process. automation versioning documentation architecture github-actions https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-09-15-monolith-breakdown-tutorial-extraction.md pdoom1-blog-2025-09-15-monolith-breakdown-tutorial-extraction.md Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Extracted 486 lines of tutorial functions, removed 151 lines of legacy code, and fixed critical hover tooltips bug refactoring monolith-breakdown ui cleanup modular-architecture https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-09-14-deterministic-rng-complete.md pdoom1-blog-2025-09-14-deterministic-rng-complete.md Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 MAJOR MILESTONE: Transform P(Doom) into fully deterministic competitive gaming platform with perfect reproducibility milestone deterministic competitive rng v0.6.0 https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-09-14-deployment-infrastructure-complete.md pdoom1-blog-2025-09-14-deployment-infrastructure-complete.md Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Successfully implemented and documented the complete deployment pipeline for the p(Doom)1 website with GitHub Actions workflow milestone infrastructure deployment https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-09-13-enhanced-leaderboard-system-v0-4-1.md pdoom1-blog-2025-09-13-enhanced-leaderboard-system-v0-4-1.md Sat, 13 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Major competitive gaming milestone: seed-specific leaderboards, lab name integration, bootstrap economic model, and comprehensive session tracking milestone leaderboard bootstrap-economics ui competition https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-09-11-v0-3-0-consolidated-release.md pdoom1-blog-2025-09-11-v0-3-0-consolidated-release.md Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Major consolidated release featuring longtermist 5-digit year dates, accessibility framework, comprehensive bug sweep plan, and systematic branch merge for alpha readiness milestone release longtermist accessibility alpha consolidation https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-09-11-debug-console-system.md pdoom1-blog-2025-09-11-debug-console-system.md Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Added real-time debug console with backtick toggle for game state monitoring debug ui development https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-09-10-version-0-2-12-release.md pdoom1-blog-2025-09-10-version-0-2-12-release.md Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Major version release featuring comprehensive type annotations and development tooling infrastructure release milestone type-annotations infrastructure quality https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-09-10-type-annotation-sprint.md pdoom1-blog-2025-09-10-type-annotation-sprint.md Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Completed 85-90% of game_state.py type annotations with 25+ methods annotated across core systems type-annotations pylance code-quality monoliths https://pdoom1.com/blog/post.html?p=2025-09-10-major-type-annotation-milestone.md pdoom1-blog-2025-09-10-major-type-annotation-milestone.md Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Completed comprehensive type annotations for ui.py and 60% of game_state.py, resolving 1,100-1,600 pylance issues milestone type-annotations infrastructure code-quality