So I’ve gotten a lot done on my FFXIV crafting planner in the past week or so.

• Finally tracked down and fixed a subtle bug that was making me mistrustful of my code and reluctant to build upon it
• Implemented some improvements to the Pareto reducer and the CraftingState code that feeds it that reduce run time by 5-10x
• Added support for a wider range of patterns of crafting ability usage, plus use of the Prudent Synthesis and Prudent Touch abilities. For the command line program I piggy-backed this on the idea of modes I introduced after I integrated @OniLink’s progress mode branch. This code is still in my MoreActions feature branch but I should integrate it into the web app and bring it into main soon.
• With the speed improvements, I’m also wondering if I can make the web app useful without the parallelism and 64-bit address space that have proven problematic to get working. So now I’m looking into ways to decrease memory footprint. There seem to be some promising approaches, most notably a tree-based approach to record the actions that led to each state, rather than having each state record its entire history.

I should probably look into a way to keep people posted on this after Cohost goes read-only…

“Hmm. Pitch, what’s your opinion?” Wynne twisted and turned before the mirror, her skirt swishing around her ankles.

“It’s… fine, I guess? I still think we should just show up in full armor.”

“This is a dinner party, not a strategy meeting. And a lot of the dignitaries there still think of ‘adventurer’ as a fancy term for ‘violent brute’. Armor is technically within the dress code, but we need to project a certain image,” said Wynne, adjusting the collar of her suit jacket.

“And the scars aren’t going to be a problem for that?”

“Plenty of them have military careers themselves. They’ll understand as long as we can still clean up.”

“What about the teeth?”

Wynne paused. “…Well, I suppose if we don’t talk much…”

“Why are we so concerned with making ourselves approachable to these people, anyway?” Pitch crossed her arms. “This is supposed to be a meeting of equals. That might not be how they’re treating it, but that’s what they put on the invite. If they come expecting kittens and find themselves facing a coeurl…” She smirked. “That’s their own problem.”

Wynne raised a hand to her mouth in contemplation. “…You know, you make a good point.”

She loosened her collar just enough that it was clearly intentional and fixed her reflection with a gaze she normally reserved for the battlefield – not threatening, but appraising to a degree that unsettled just as much. Like a predator deciding if its audience made worthwhile prey.

Pitch clapped her hands in delight. “Now that’s a look I can get behind! I think I might actually enjoy this!”

Wynne smiled back at her. “Just remember to let me do the talking, alright?”

“As long as you remember to show off the teeth~”