The Lab

Build Logs

Something got built, or broke. What it took, what it cost, and the part that went sideways — kept in the order it happened.

APR 28, 2026
Works

Hands last

The control panel was the goal from the first day, and it was the last thing built. Three weeks of read-only discovery came first, on purpose — because the machines being wired up were the ones that could not be replaced.

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