Workshop log

Workshop

Workshop log: what gets built, what breaks, and what comes of it.

How Sketrix is built

3 Workshop reports

One system, one report. Where the problem started, which routes turned out to be dead ends, and how it works now.

Cross-references · Workshop report 02

The cross-reference was still there, you just could not hit it any more

How cross-references and break points came about in Sketrix: built on the first attempt, sharpened months later against the structure, and then hit by a rebuild next door.

Read the report What it does → Schematic editor

Detail from Sketrix: the contactor coil -KF3 and its contact above it

ConnectionsThe line connected to everything except the thing I wanted
InterfaceI set out to reinvent the wheel and ended up rebuilding Windows

From the workbench

What's happening right now. Newest first.

March 1, 2026DevlogDevlog #4: The Bug I Left on PurposeWires that stick, an autoconnect that wouldn't cooperate, and two weeks of refactoring with nothing to show for it. The early days of Sketrix.
February 23, 2026DevlogDevlog #3: I'm the Conductor, Claude is the MusicianWhat my AI workflow actually looks like after 73,000 lines of code — what I did wrong and what works now.
February 16, 2026DevlogDevlog #2: 4:40 AM, Kitchen Table, MacBook OpenHow I'm building Sketrix alongside a full-time job and two small kids — and why it feels exactly like playing WoW used to.
February 11, 2026DevlogDevlog #1: 65,000 Lines of Code and Zero Swift ExperienceHow an industrial master electrician built an ECAD app in 3 months — with AI tools, a lot of patience, and even more frustration.

All entries in the archive 4 entries since February 2026