{"id":24,"date":"2026-02-02T17:55:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-03-18T17:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:59:19","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:67px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><ul style=\"text-transform:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-31 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-development-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dd9de04e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89a94f6a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-d846021732facad792835971f80af878 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">\u2734\ufe0e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/category\/development-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Development Blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4bcb09c9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:16px\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(2.712rem, 2.712rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.903), 5.2rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase; margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-eba6f7f6e0a9160611aa886fe4e31449 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/week-one\/\" target=\"_self\" >Week One: Meet and Greet<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-40 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-development-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dd9de04e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89a94f6a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-d846021732facad792835971f80af878 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">\u2734\ufe0e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/category\/development-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Development Blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4bcb09c9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:16px\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(2.712rem, 2.712rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.903), 5.2rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase; margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-eba6f7f6e0a9160611aa886fe4e31449 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/week-two\/\" target=\"_self\" >Week Two: Initial Ideation<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-61 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-development-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dd9de04e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89a94f6a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-d846021732facad792835971f80af878 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">\u2734\ufe0e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/category\/development-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Development Blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4bcb09c9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:16px\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(2.712rem, 2.712rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.903), 5.2rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase; margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-eba6f7f6e0a9160611aa886fe4e31449 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/week-three\/\" target=\"_self\" >Week Three: Quarters<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-80 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-development-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dd9de04e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89a94f6a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-d846021732facad792835971f80af878 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">\u2734\ufe0e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/category\/development-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Development Blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4bcb09c9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:16px\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(2.712rem, 2.712rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.903), 5.2rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase; margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-eba6f7f6e0a9160611aa886fe4e31449 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/week-four\/\" target=\"_self\" >Week Four: A New Demo<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-123 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-development-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dd9de04e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89a94f6a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-d846021732facad792835971f80af878 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">\u2734\ufe0e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/category\/development-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Development Blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4bcb09c9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:16px\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(2.712rem, 2.712rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.903), 5.2rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase; margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-eba6f7f6e0a9160611aa886fe4e31449 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/week-five\/\" target=\"_self\" >Week Five: Pivot!<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-212 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-development-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dd9de04e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89a94f6a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-d846021732facad792835971f80af878 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">\u2734\ufe0e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/category\/development-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Development Blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4bcb09c9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:16px\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(2.712rem, 2.712rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.903), 5.2rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase; margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-eba6f7f6e0a9160611aa886fe4e31449 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/week-six\/\" target=\"_self\" >Week Six: A Better Prototype<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-247 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-development-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dd9de04e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89a94f6a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-d846021732facad792835971f80af878 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">\u2734\ufe0e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/category\/development-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Development Blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4bcb09c9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:16px\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(2.712rem, 2.712rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.903), 5.2rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase; margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-eba6f7f6e0a9160611aa886fe4e31449 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/week-seven\/\" target=\"_self\" >Week Seven: Mid-Way<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-259 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-development-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dd9de04e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89a94f6a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-d846021732facad792835971f80af878 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">\u2734\ufe0e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/category\/development-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Development Blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4bcb09c9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:16px\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(2.712rem, 2.712rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.903), 5.2rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase; margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-eba6f7f6e0a9160611aa886fe4e31449 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/week-eight\/\" target=\"_self\" >Week Eight: The Quiet Aftermath<\/a><\/h2><\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-267 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-development-blog\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-bottom-width:1px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dd9de04e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:16px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89a94f6a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"taxonomy-category has-link-color wp-elements-d846021732facad792835971f80af878 wp-block-post-terms has-text-color has-contrast-color\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">\u2734\ufe0e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.etc.cmu.edu\/mid-way\/category\/development-blog\/\" rel=\"tag\">Development Blog<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4bcb09c9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:16px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:16px\"><h2 style=\"font-size:clamp(2.712rem, 2.712rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.903), 5.2rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;text-transform:uppercase; 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