A living record of what is being built, improved, tested, and clarified —
especially around ViaSign, Viathorne Rooms, sign-first accessibility,
motion audit, and calmer tools for human-centered work.
Why this exists
Small checkpoints make the work visible.
The Build Log records practical progress without pretending everything is
finished. It keeps the project grounded: what changed, what improved,
and what still needs careful development.
ViaSign is still early, so these notes help show the real path from
research and prototype work toward stronger accessibility tools shaped
with Deaf and hard-of-hearing lived experience, community feedback, and
careful review.
Latest entries
Recent checkpoints.
Public ViaSign safety boundary published
Viathorne published the reviewed safety-only parser source and a fail-closed website interface without starting or connecting a public API service.
Kept the public parser limited to closed natural-English surface categories and visible uncertainty
Required review_required=true and motion_ready=false in the website contract
Kept SgSL grammar, translation, sign plans, motion, and avatar work outside the public parser
Published the website tester in a disabled production state
Left FastAPI operation and deployment paused in the separate parser project
Viathorne prepared to bring its public documentation into the main Astro website so project context, accessibility, review states, and navigation share one coherent foundation.
Migrated twelve public Markdown documents from the sibling Docusaurus repository
Added a typed Astro content collection and generated documentation routes
Added section navigation, tables of contents, and previous/next reading paths
Marked evolving engineering material as prototype notes with review required
Kept the existing Docusaurus deployment available until the replacement is approved
Viathorne Labs prepared a warmer, evidence-led editorial identity across the public website so the presentation reflects the care and structure of the work behind it.
Introduced the Viathorne Labs public research studio identity
Replaced generic AI landing-page patterns with project records, field notes, and visible review context
Extended the editorial layout across project, accessibility, contact, privacy, and terms pages
Kept prototype status, source separation, keyboard focus, and reduced-motion support visible
Reviewed all ten routes at desktop and mobile widths before production approval
Viathorne refined its public website into a calmer, sign-first accessibility presence shaped by lived experience, with a more mature graphite, ivory, and restrained-gold visual identity.
Homepage reworked into a sign-first layout with a signed welcome video placeholder
Long homepage wording reduced into clearer, more scannable sections
Global palette changed from purple/pink AI glow to graphite, ivory, muted slate, and restrained gold
ViaSign page simplified around care, current status, build layers, review, and non-replacement framing
Current status block and build-layer spacing improved for better readability
Neurodivergent-friendly spacing and reduced cognitive load improved across the homepage and ViaSign page
Rooms non-linear thinking direction added
Viathorne Rooms was expanded from a spatial project workspace concept into a clearer non-linear thinking environment for capturing, expanding, connecting, and building from scattered thoughts.
Rooms page updated with non-linear thinking direction
Thought flow added: capture, expand, connect, build
Thought fragments added as visible room objects
Project memory language expanded to include scattered thoughts and living context
Spatial navigation reframed around reducing cognitive friction
Rooms clarified as a workspace layer that can support ViaSign, Temple Console, and future project systems
Viathorne updated its public language to describe ViaSign as research toward future SgSL support, informed by founder lived experience, with future community review paths and motion-audit awareness.
Homepage updated with community-aware positioning for future SgSL support
ViaSign page reframed around participation without claiming community endorsement
Approach page updated with the With, Not For principle
Accessibility page updated to frame access as participation
About page updated with founder lived experience and an invitation to future community review
Motion audit, human review, and non-replacement language added across the site
Viathorne added a dedicated accessibility page and a homepage pathway for sign-language access, captions, transcripts, and future SgSL introduction work.
An earlier private ViaSign grammar-parser prototype recorded a local checkpoint with structured checks and conservative review flags. It is not the current public parser.
Private Parser V2 benchmark bank expanded
Local grammar examples recorded as passing at that historical checkpoint
Exact benchmark totals withheld from the public claim without approved public evidence
Review-required logic kept visible
Motion output intentionally kept as a future phase
Viathorne moved from a static site-builder setup into an Astro and Netlify workflow for better control, speed, and future development.
Astro site structure created
Netlify deployment configured
Core pages added
Viathorne domain connected
Squarespace exit prepared
Current direction
ViaSign remains first, with Rooms supporting the wider workspace layer.
The active website work is focused on aligning public evidence, improving
documentation paths, and adding authored notes slowly. Parser, grammar,
motion, and FastAPI work remain separate technical lanes and are not
activated by this website.