Since my last development update, several core systems inside the Forge42Engine have reached production stability. Password Reset System A secure password reset workflow is now live.Reset links are de
Big Week for Tharendell: Battles, Narration, and Leaderboards
The last few weeks has been a really good one for Tharendell, and I’m excited to say I’ve pushed several major features into production. ⚔️ Single Fight Is Live (Alpha Testing) The Single Fight featur
Tharendell Update: Temporary Pause on AI NPC Chats
Good evening, everyone! I wanted to share a quick update on the AI NPCs on the portfolio page. For the moment, I’ve temporarily disabled the interactive chat functionality with the NPCs. Nothing’s bro
Shipping the Tharendell Player Area
Over the past four weeks, my nights have been filled with JWT bearer tokens, API design decisions, PHP rabbit holes, custom WordPress plugins, and a fully bespoke theme built from the ground up. Tonig
Forge42Engine Keeps Rolling – Spells, Systems, and Sleepless Progress
Forge42Engine is officially firing on all cylinders. Lately, I’ve been deep in the weeds building out the core rules system — specifically entering spells, defining their effects, and wiring up how th
Memory, Meaning, & Machinery: A New 4-Part Series on RAG, NPCs, and Artificial Cognition
I’ve just wrapped up writing a new four-part article series on Medium titled: Memory, Meaning, & Machinery This series is a deep technical exploration of how Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) t
Four Articles, One Obsession: Engineering Living AI Characters
For the last several months, I’ve been neck-deep in a strange and wonderful hybrid of software engineering, artificial intelligence, and fantasy world-building. What started as “let’s see if I can mak
Changes are Coming
The heart of my portfolio, the place where I show off my AI tinkering, tuning, and world-building, is the land of Tharendell. For anyone just tuning in: during my first semester of grad school, I took
Flux Hijinks
Up until about 72 hours ago, I was a die-hard Kandinsky fan. My go-to model for AI art. My trusty paintbrush in the digital realm.But somewhere between “almost good” and “why is this elf holding a toa
Midterms, Magic, and Making Progress
With midterms looming next week, I can’t promise a flood of new portfolio updates — but that doesn’t mean nothing’s happening behind the curtain. In fact, the gears have been grinding steadily on a fe