Building in Public
Lab Notes
The polished results belong on the data and results pages. Lab Notes are for the things that happen on the way there.
Publishing from day one
Milestone lab notes
Milestone
Rack 1 Moves Into the Snake Room
October 29, 2026
Rack 1 moved into its own room on battery backup, with cleaner camera views, and six more founders arrived from Soflo Sand Boas, bringing the study to seventeen.
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Milestone
Seven More Founders and Our Intake System
October 27, 2026
Seven more founders arrived, so we now have eleven, from three breeders. Our plan grew to 20 unrelated lines plus 3 controls, and our new intake system weighed and photographed each new arrival.
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Milestone
October 2026: Our First Observation Camera Goes Live
October 15, 2026
The test rack is assembled and the first 12 MP camera is streaming two test tubs. An engineering milestone, not a scientific result.
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Social Media Accounts Active
September 16, 2026
Our social accounts are switched on for video and project updates.
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Alpha Website Is Live at SurfaceSandBoaProject.org
September 14, 2026
The home for updates, live cams, animal records and data goes live in alpha.
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This Is Where the Project Gets Messy
- Rack construction
- Camera tests
- Software development
- Substrate testing
- 3D-printed equipment
- Animal acquisition
- Quarantine
- Protocol changes
- Equipment failures
- Ideas that worked
- Ideas that did not
- Unexpected behavior
- Milestones
- Future-generation updates