Weekly development log 2026-W04: Mapping the product before writing the first commit

01

What changed

The January archive begins with reconnaissance rather than a repository milestone. The sessions mapped the existing OpenMake surfaces, deployment assumptions, and routing conflicts that had to be understood before implementation could start.

• Audited the inherited product and runtime boundaries.
• Separated ideas from behavior that already existed.
• Recorded no Git commit for this week; the evidence is session-only.

02

How this week was reconstructed

This week predates the recoverable repository history. Its status comes from local Claude Code transcripts and is labeled as pre-Git work.

We audited the available Claude Code main sessions, their proven child lineages, and the repository history. Session notes explain intent and investigation; Git remains the authority for code that actually landed.

03

Team identity and project roles

OpenMake Team is the community identity; openmake_llm is the software project; OpenMake is the product name. Non-developer maker riskpw leads openmake_llm through vibe coding, and professional developer rocky supports its development.