Blog
Build notes, naming disasters, and generator gossip from making Rollforge. Casual, not a corporate blog.
August 2, 2026
Shipping an orc name generator that sounds shoutable
Harsh consonants, short compounds, and a bark test. Plus how Include helps a clan sound stick.
July 28, 2026Devlog #1: got the bones working
Thirteen generators, a local Markdown blog, and a static deploy. Not fancy, but it is a real site now.
July 22, 2026Naming the site (and the names I almost went with)
I spent more time naming the site than I expected. If the domain had been taken, this could have gone very badly.
July 16, 2026Picking the first 13 generators
Thirteen gave the site enough range to feel useful without turning launch into a word-list marathon.
July 10, 2026Why I'm building a playground instead of a product
No pitch deck, no growth plan, just a site full of tools I actually want to use.