January 2026 (2026-01) monthly summary for rommapp/romm. Focused on extending data lookup capabilities and improving ROM/CHD compatibility for Dreamcast titles. Deliverables prioritized backend data integrity and extensibility to support broader file formats used by Redump datasets.

Monthly summary for 2025-10 focusing on hashicorp/nomad-pack. Delivered a new Pack Directory Path Template Function that returns the path to the pack's directory, enabling template-driven access to file contents and editor syntax highlighting for pack files. This feature reduces manual path handling when templating larger files and improves developer productivity. No major bugs were reported this month, allowing us to concentrate on feature delivery and code quality. Overall impact: simplifies templates that interact with pack files, accelerates content authoring, and lays the groundwork for additional templating enhancements. Technologies demonstrated: Go templating, extension of template functions, and precise, traceable commits.