Dwarf Fortress uses version control now
Simon Willison's Weblog (LLM / AI engineering) · Oct 11, 2026
Claim: Dwarf Fortress, after ~15 years without version control, began using version control as of March 2023, coinciding with its Steam release.
Evidence: Direct quotes from Tarn Adams (Dwarf Fortress creator) spanning March 2013 ("black box thingy with no immediate upside"), March 2016 (reaffirming non-use), and March 2023 ("version control stuff to use now"). The March 2023 statement is anchored to the Steam release interview.
Archive rationale
Interesting software-craft lore but completely irrelevant to Timothy's agentic AI-workflow stack (Claude Code + Codex, TS/Supabase/Vercel). No bearing on token spend, prompting, orchestration, context management, or any AI-development practice. Direct quotes add moderate evidence strength; the narrative is durable (a real workflow choice); but zero applicability to the target pipeline. Archival item for domain knowledge, not operational triage.