Project Diary — Day 29 Completion

June 25, 2026  •  Craig & Claude
4Files edited
29Project days complete
1Subdir created
2Symlinks in place

Session Context

Day 29 primary goal: deep-dive/cli-tools/ reorganization — move the 11 CLI tool pages into a dedicated subdirectory, preserve legacy links via symlink, and validate site-wide integrity with check_tree -a.

A full link impact assessment was run before any files moved. Two categories of inbound links were identified: public navigation pages (requiring href updates) and historical building-in-public diary pages (handled by symlink, zero edits needed).

Completed This Session

CLI Tools Subdir — Reorganization

Design Decision — Symlink Direction

Initial plan placed the real file in deep-dive/ with a symlink pointing into the subdir. Craig correctly reversed it: the real file belongs in cli-tools/index.html (canonical location), and the legacy name cli-tools-start-here.html becomes the symlink that forwards to it. Semantically correct — the legacy name redirects, not the canonical one.

The building-in-public historical pages are frozen as-is — they are a dated record, not live navigation. The symlink keeps them technically valid indefinitely at zero maintenance cost.

Carry Forward — Day 30

Day 29 is clean and complete. CLI tools live in their own subdir, legacy links preserved by symlink, site-wide validation passed. Unix thinking applied — right tool, right direction.

Day 29 complete • June 25, 2026 • Craig & Claude collaboration