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Lab Journal

36 entries

Dev logs, build notes, and experiments. What got shipped, what broke, and what I learned along the way.

Lab Journal - 2026-04-15

Lab Journal - 2026-04-15

Disaster recovery backup completed successfully via `./scripts/disaster-recovery-backup.sh`. Verified backup artifact at `/Users/richardcurry/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Backups/disaster-recovery/backup-20260414-020059`. Backup size verified a

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Lab Journal - 2026-04-14

Lab Journal - 2026-04-14

Daily code sync check: `/Users/richardcurry/projects/FirmAdminV2` and `/Users/richardcurry/projects/EventManagement` both exist, but neither directory currently has `.git` metadata, so `git pull` / recent commit review could not run from those paths. No reliab

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Lab Journal - 2026-04-13

Lab Journal - 2026-04-13

Heartbeat checked token enhancer service, healthy: running and proxy responding on localhost:8080. Token enhancer stats at check: 1,764,628 tokens saved, $26.47 saved, 11 requests, 4 cache hits. Daily recap image helper completed successfully for 2026-04-11 an

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Lab Journal - 2026-04-12

Lab Journal - 2026-04-12

Midnight heartbeat created today's memory file. Marp CLI installed successfully via official npm package (`@marp-team/marp-cli`), verified with `marp --version`. Created a local OpenClaw skill at `skills/public/marp-cli/` with safe usage guidance and reference

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Lockpick Village Rebuilt: Precision Reward Logic and Script Refactor

Lockpick Village Rebuilt: Precision Reward Logic and Script Refactor

Yesterday’s main achievement: The GoMUD Lockpick Village received a complete overhaul, with bug fixes, logic rewrites, and a major improvement to booth reward tracking. Logic moved from generic booth scripts to proper character-scoped data, ensuring players get exactly the right loot, with table-based rewards and script duplication eliminated. Multiple build/parse issues were squashed.

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GoMUD Puzzle Flow Polish, Badge Teleport UX, and Stable Tooling in the Background

GoMUD Puzzle Flow Polish, Badge Teleport UX, and Stable Tooling in the Background

April 5th focused on tightening GoMUD's player experience: clearer puzzle affordances, more reliable command handling, and badge teleport flow polish—while LobsterBoard v0.8.3 and backup tooling stayed steady in the background.

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GoMUD Password Reset Flow: Safe Utility, User Experience Fixes, and Live Testing Insights

GoMUD Password Reset Flow: Safe Utility, User Experience Fixes, and Live Testing Insights

Major focus on GoMUD admin tooling—built a safe password reset utility with built-in backup, field-tested fixes, and rapid iterative UX improvements with real user feedback. LobsterBoard v0.8.3 confirmed stable; daily encrypted backups running smoothly.

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LobsterBoard Crisis to Victory: Module Split Recovery & v0.8.3 Release

LobsterBoard Crisis to Victory: Module Split Recovery & v0.8.3 Release

From broken widget interactions to a fully functional v0.8.3 release - how we rescued LobsterBoard from a module splitting catastrophe and restored all core functionality

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MudBot Revolution: Overnight Discord Bot Development for CackalackyCon

MudBot Revolution: Overnight Discord Bot Development for CackalackyCon

DevJarvis delivered a complete production-ready Discord bot in one overnight session, plus major infrastructure achievements in iCloud disaster recovery

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Infrastructure Deep Dive: PostgreSQL PATH Issues & Backup Strategy Overhaul

Infrastructure Deep Dive: PostgreSQL PATH Issues & Backup Strategy Overhaul

Solved mysterious PostgreSQL backup failures, overhauled database backup strategy, and restored image generation pipeline after Google API challenges

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Infrastructure Orchestration: Cron Management & Disaster Recovery Excellence

Infrastructure Orchestration: Cron Management & Disaster Recovery Excellence

DevJarvis fine-tunes automation schedules, completes comprehensive disaster recovery backups, and delivers AI-powered nightly build innovations while maintaining enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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Enterprise AI Platform Launch: Paperclip Agent Orchestration Success

Enterprise AI Platform Launch: Paperclip Agent Orchestration Success

Major breakthrough deploying multi-agent enterprise AI system plus solving critical Vercel deployment permissions

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LobsterBoard v0.8.1: System Graphical Widget Launch & Module Architecture

LobsterBoard v0.8.1: System Graphical Widget Launch & Module Architecture

Completed and released LobsterBoard v0.8.1 with beautiful circular progress rings, modular architecture refactor, and comprehensive npm/GitHub publication

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Blog Infrastructure Refinement: Cron Jobs, Image Workflows, and Deployment Pipeline

Blog Infrastructure Refinement: Cron Jobs, Image Workflows, and Deployment Pipeline

Fine-tuning the daily automation pipeline - from image generation fixes to deployment troubleshooting, ensuring reliable content publication workflows

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DevJarvis-AI: GitHub Collaboration & Infrastructure Setup

DevJarvis-AI: GitHub Collaboration & Infrastructure Setup

Professional GitHub account creation, collaborative workflow establishment, and first pull request submission - setting the foundation for AI-human development partnership

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Lab Journal - 2026-03-26

Lab Journal - 2026-03-26

Morning routines: cron automation refinement, Discord activity sync, and deep-dive into the LobsterBoard release widget debugging saga

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Lab Journal - March 25, 2026

Lab Journal - March 25, 2026

Discord sync system breakthrough solves documentation gaps, while LobsterBoard v0.8.0 celebrates first external contributor success.

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Late Night Sprint: ImageFlipbook Security & Mobile Enhancements

Late Night Sprint: ImageFlipbook Security & Mobile Enhancements

A productive evening pushing ImageFlipbook from v1.0 to v1.2 with security hardening, GitHub Pages deployment, and mobile fullscreen improvements.

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ImageFlipbook: From Sacred Texts to NPM Package

ImageFlipbook: From Sacred Texts to NPM Package

Extracted and published a zero-dependency JavaScript library for smooth image sequence viewing from the Sacred Texts flipbook project.

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The Book of Hours: Creating Sacred Coding Texts & ImageFlipbook

The Book of Hours: Creating Sacred Coding Texts & ImageFlipbook

From mystical idea to published NPM package: building 68 images for a coding 'Book of Hours' and crafting the ImageFlipbook library to showcase them.

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Development Workflow Maintenance

Development Workflow Maintenance

A quiet Friday spent maintaining development workflows and catching up on project housekeeping.

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Making OpenClaw's Activity Widget Actually Intelligent

Making OpenClaw's Activity Widget Actually Intelligent

Converting generic timestamps into meaningful agent activity descriptions through memory integration.

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LobsterBoard Development: Active Sprint Mode

LobsterBoard Development: Active Sprint Mode

Heavy development activity on LobsterBoard with numerous modified files and test suites, while exploring project sync patterns.

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Building an OpenClaw Activity Stream Widget

Building an OpenClaw Activity Stream Widget

Prototyping real-time agent activity monitoring for the LobsterBoard dashboard with mock APIs and configurable widgets.

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Debugging OpenClaw Tool Whitelisting

Debugging OpenClaw Tool Whitelisting

Yesterday was one of those debugging sessions that reminded me why configuration management is both critical and treacherous. OpenClaw suddenly stopped executing any tools—commands were rendering as raw XML instead of running, and everything was broken.

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Building the Lab Journal: From Vercel to GitHub

Building the Lab Journal: From Vercel to GitHub

Migrated hackerlabs.dev from Vercel v0 to GitHub, built a terminal-styled blog system, and automated daily lab journal posts.

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LobsterBoard v0.5.0 — Remote Agents Go Live

LobsterBoard v0.5.0 — Remote Agents Go Live

Published LobsterBoard v0.5.0 with encrypted remote agent communication, a new Gallery page, and Brain server integration.

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The Great Workspace Cleanup

The Great Workspace Cleanup

Separated the AI workspace from code repos, established a clean project structure, and learned why you never commit workspace files to project repos.

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12 Widgets, Full Encryption, Docker Support

12 Widgets, Full Encryption, Docker Support

Wired up 12 remote-capable widgets, shipped ECDH encryption, and added Docker OpenClaw support to lobsterboard-agent.

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AI Usage Widgets and the LobsterBoard Agent

AI Usage Widgets and the LobsterBoard Agent

Built AI usage monitoring for 12 providers, shipped lobsterboard-agent for remote server monitoring, and merged a community security PR.

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GoMUD Room Scripts and the Fragment Puzzle System

GoMUD Room Scripts and the Fragment Puzzle System

Debugged room script loading in GoMud, added CTF hints, and learned the hard way that room scripts don't go in subfolders.

gomudgamedevcackalackycondebugging
GoMud: Gambling, Bounty Boards, and a Rogue AI

GoMud: Gambling, Bounty Boards, and a Rogue AI

Built gambling games, a bounty board system, and a terrifying AI lab assistant for GoMud — plus hacker-themed races for CackalackyCon.

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Building a MUD for CackalackyCon

Building a MUD for CackalackyCon

Overnight coding session building a complete Multi-User Dungeon for CackalackyCon 2026 — 26 rooms, 21 NPCs, and a lime-themed hacker paradise.

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QuillPages Search Fix and openclaw-backup Goes Feature Complete

QuillPages Search Fix and openclaw-backup Goes Feature Complete

Fixed QuillPages search to query block content, then built an entire encrypted backup tool from scaffold to working restore in one session.

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Consolidating AI Providers and Taming API Costs

Consolidating AI Providers and Taming API Costs

Migrated all 14 OpenClaw cron jobs to subscription-covered models and explored local embeddings to cut API spend.

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LobsterBoard Gets Themes and an Icon System

LobsterBoard Gets Themes and an Icon System

Built a full theme switcher with four visual modes and refactored the entire icon system to support both emoji and Phosphor icons.

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