back to work, added the top module for the fabric

devlog/2025-06-25-The-roof.md

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+# Putting It All Under A Hood
+Date: 2025-06-25
+
+## Goals and expectations
+Installing the roof.
+
+## Results
+Done.
+
+Much, much later than I'd like...
+
+## What happened?
+Drained of energy?  Lost momentum?  Perhaps...
+
+I was afraid to come back to this project, fearing that I've already
+lost it.  Funny how it seems in hindsight, but that was what I thought
+before I began typing the code.  I was afraid that I've lost it, more
+afraid that it won't work, and even more afraid that all of this is
+just the work of my vanity...  I needed confirmation.  But as I worked
+my fingers on the keyboard, I found that the confirmation is in doing
+this itself.
+
+And I also wrote a bit of framework for THORN, in C++, for a full-on
+interpreter.  Then, I discovered that I've been heading in the wrong
+direction - this is not what THORN should be in the first place, the
+most important aspect of THORN is to create a toolset (no matter how)
+for testing, not to create the tools from scratch.  That realization
+has actually made me rethink this entire project.  What if I'm
+rebuilding the wheel in a way that nobody cares about?
+
+But afterwards, it became clear that people do care, and I care even
+more, it's what I prepared myself for, and what I wanted to do, and
+something that I **still want to do**.
+
+So, here I am, back to work.
+
+## Reflections
+1. Just do it.  The people that really care about it will care, it
+   will matter to someone, don't spend time looking for that someone,
+   do what you need to do and let them come to you.
+2. Play the plan.  ROSE had a solid plan, so does THORN, play the
+   plan, and the rest is bonus, not required.  That's what led me to
+   dropping CC and other features for ROSE in the first place, and
+   what led me to put aside making a full interpreter for THORN in the
+   near term.
+
+## Final thoughts
+Keep it alive.  Keep doing it until you complete it.  Then look for
+the people that can truly appreciate what you're doing.
+
+## Next steps
+I might be stepping away from the ROSE repo for some time, the next
+step is to build THORN.
+
+But it doesn't mean I've decided to ditch ROSE.  NO!  This is to
+ensure that future ROSE development can be on track and protected
+against bugs!