🔧 Migrating the Frontend (While the LLMs Stall)

This morning’s focus was on getting the front-end of Vulcan Forge off the ground by transplanting the Simrata web app: just copying it over and getting it to run under a new name and a new banner. The idea is to get something working fast, even if it’s still wearing Simrata’s skin for now.

The migration itself went reasonably well: I’ve got the app running, though it still references a bunch of Simrata-specific stuff (theme, routing, copy, etc). But that’s fine. It’s scaffolding, and at least it’s my scaffolding. It's the kind of progress that should feel encouraging.

But honestly, it hasn’t.

Most of the morning has been eaten alive by model issues. o3 is completely unreliable today, with requests either stalling or timing out. When your whole dev flow is built around an LLM architecture, the moment the model goes down, the entire workflow grinds to a halt. It's not just annoying; it breaks the rhythm and flow of what this system is supposed to enable.

So now I’m stuck with code I could iterate, but without the LLMs to iterate with

What’s next

Once O3 is stable again, I’ll rewire the app to use Vulcan Forge assets and auth, then start building the frontend tools to interact with plans, nodes, and layers. For now, I might sketch out what those workflows should look like — since apparently all I’ve got today is time and fingers.