Updates
Weekly news from the Darminsky lab — project progress, shipped milestones, and what’s being built.
Jun 22 – Jun 28, 2026
A lightweight community layer goes live on darminsky.ca
The venture-lab platform shipped its community layer this week. Every project page now has an aggregate like button and a moderated comment thread, plus a no-account notification preference center so visitors can manage what they hear about. It's built email-first, privacy-safe, and behind a moderation queue — nothing public until it's reviewed. Behind the scenes, the admin dashboard also gained AI-suggested newsletter candidates to make weekly updates less manual.
Jun 1 – Jun 27, 2026
The community layer ships: follows, likes, moderated comments, and a newsletter that sends
A big stretch of building since the spring. darminsky.ca grew from a read-only showcase into something you can actually engage with: follow a project, like it, or leave a comment — all email-based, no accounts. The newsletter loop is now real end-to-end, with an admin composer, AI-assisted drafting, and a tokenized preference center so anyone can manage exactly what we send them. Under the hood, Project Foundry's direction sharpened around Architect, AI visuals, and a dedicated Forge workspace.
Apr 22 – Apr 28, 2026
Website repositioning, proof assets, and venture lab direction
A significant week for Darminsky's public presence. The website shipped new proof assets at /work, named consulting packages on the Consulting page, and the business was formally repositioned from consulting-studio to venture lab. Project Foundry was updated with new milestones reflecting the venture lab direction.