Build Log · June 28, 2026

Known Rick & Jan Alpha

Real neighbors, real urgency — Clerk auth, attribution system, Known Card, and warm theme shipped for Rick & Jan's first session.

  • Known
  • Auth
  • UX
  • Deploy
pages themed
3

pages themed

new app deployed
1

new app deployed

new schema columns
2

new schema columns

Timeline

  1. Start

    Rick & Jan brief received

    Real neighbors, dementia diagnosis, capture-first goal

  2. 1hr

    Clerk auth + attribution schema

    Proxy middleware, CaptureSession rewrite, attribution per entry

  3. 2hr

    Known Card v1 + deploy fight

    KnownCard component, workspace dep removal, vercel.json battle

  4. 3hr

    Deploy live

    known.forgekits.build up, Clerk working, hero photo iteration

  5. 4hr

    Warm theme across all pages

    #2C1F14 banner, #F0EBE3 cream background, consistent palette

What shipped

  • Clerk auth — proxy.ts middleware, sign-in page, ClerkProvider wrapping app

  • Attribution system — every entry carries attribution (subject/family/other) + contributorName display label

  • CaptureSession rewrite — welcome → attribute → capture → done stage machine, 24 questions, no question count visible

  • Known Card v1 — 6 editable inline sections, attribution badges, print CSS for browser print-to-PDF

  • Removed forgekit-core + forgekit-ui workspace deps — inlined createDb, standalone Vercel deploy

  • known.forgekits.build live via GitHub integration

  • Warm theme: #2C1F14 brand banner with gold border, #F0EBE3 page background, #FAF7F2 card surfaces across all three pages

  • Hero photo removed from home banner — solid warm background with serif wordmark + gold tagline