Session Logs
Historical development session summaries preserved for context and reference.
Purpose
These are informal notes from development sessions, documenting:
- Long debugging sessions with significant findings
- Experimental iterations and design decisions
- Development context and rationale
- Dead-ends and lessons learned
When to Create Session Logs
✅ Do create session logs for:
- Multi-hour debugging sessions with important discoveries
- Experimental work with multiple failed attempts before success
- Design discussions that made important architectural decisions
- Complex refactoring with non-obvious rationale
❌ Don't create session logs for:
- Routine development (use git commit messages instead)
- Formal documentation (use appropriate numbered directory)
- Final implementation details (use architecture docs)
Important Notes
⚠️ Session logs are archival and may contain outdated information
- Always consult current documentation first
- Information here reflects the state at the time of writing
- Design decisions may have been revised
- Code examples may be superseded
Contents
- 2025-11-20-recap.md - Development recap session
- 2025-11-26-worklog.md - Work log summary
- experimental-addendum.md - Experimental work notes
- experimental-iteration-usage.md - Iteration notes
- serialized-questing-pike.md - Design exploration notes
Relationship to Formal Documentation
Session logs supplement formal documentation but don't replace it:
| Session Logs | Formal Documentation |
|---|---|
| Informal notes | Structured guides |
| Point-in-time snapshots | Maintained and current |
| Developer perspective | User/maintainer perspective |
| Context and rationale | How-to and reference |
For Current Developers
If you're looking for information:
- Check formal docs first:
../01-getting-started/,../03-architecture/, etc. - Search session logs if you need historical context
- Update formal docs if you find valuable information only in session logs
For Historical Research
Session logs provide valuable insight into:
- Development process and methodology
- Design evolution over time
- Challenges faced and solutions developed
- Team decision-making rationale