After months of intensive debugging, refactoring, and real-world testing, our first alpha build is here. This marks the moment when everything we’ve built meets reality—your workflows, your edge cases, your feedback. Let’s dive in!
🌟 What’s Included
- 🔧 Comprehensive bug fixes from the last milestone
- ✅ Core features fully validated against sample datasets
- 💻 Streamlined CLI ready for integration
- 📊 Initial logging and diagnostics to aid troubleshooting
- ⏳ Snapshots and resume support (coming soon)
🔗 Next Steps: Aaru Integration
We’re laser-focused on full integration with Aaru, which will unlock:
- ✨ Seamless snapshot creation within preservation workflows
- 🔄 Consistent resume behavior for large-image processing
- 📑 Unified reporting and checksumming alongside Aaru’s tooling
Stay tuned for these enhancements in the coming weeks as we polish the end-to-end workflow.
🚀 Join the Alpha
- 🔽 Download 1.0.0-alpha.1 from GitHub
- 🛠️ Try it against your existing Mode 1/2048 images
- 🐞 Report bugs or feature requests on our issue tracker
- 🤝 Discuss enhancements in our community channel
Every issue you file and pull request you submit brings us closer to a rock-solid 1.0.0.
💡 Looking Ahead
In upcoming posts, we’ll share:
- 🔍 Deep dives into snapshot internals
- ⚡ Performance benchmarks on real-world archives
- 📚 Full Aaru-powered archival pipeline tutorials
Thank you for joining us on this journey. Let’s turn alpha into gold! 🌟
