I have had. A very, very busy year. I have a decent sized backlog that I most likely won't get around to posting this year (sorry!) but did want to share this puzzle I made today. A friend from the Touhou community linked "Mindsweeper", which generates full-sized no guessing Minesweeper boards, with the option to kill you any time you make a guess that could be wrong - just like 14 Minesweeper Variants. One opening I got was a 3x4 block of 1s, and I was so surprised that this led to any deducible squares at all that I had to try to make a puzzle based on it.
I should have some other things to share soon as well, beyond just a 100+ puzzle backlog.

Really cool idea! It’s awesome how a moment from “Mindsweeper” turned into a full puzzle concept—those 3x4 1s openings can be surprisingly rich once you start analyzing them. Love the creativity, and it’s great to see Minesweeper variants inspiring new designs like this!
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