Slowly seeing the light at the end of the design tunnel

So the design phase for Phoenix is starting to overlap into the design verification phase. For a properly validated design, we take all of the pieces of the design, and we find ways to verify functionality using mostly-existing software. So this would be things like scripts and manual command entry, some random GUIs and occasionally reviewing results with a hex editor. The idea is to prove that when we implement the design, it will do everything we want it to do. Any features that aren't verified in this way need to be double-checked to ensure we can deliver them with the existing design.

The goal is to see the design phase completed, and not have to go back and kludge in anything.

I'll write more about this soon, but I'm tired and it's been a crazy January... Expect things to pick up soon.