chore(main): release 1.4.0

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1.4.0 (2026-08-06)

Features

• app: attach the module picker to the science block (1138f71)
• app: give research recipes and goods a badged pack icon (96d24cc)
• app: give the science block an icon (557c1c2)
• app: put the block flow view on the React Flow viewport (5a6c8c5), closes #172
• app: science block UI with a technology helper (09c45f9)
• data: allow re-importing the dump already on disk (4c4855c)
• data: import lab prototypes and technology research cost (56fe3df)
• data: model labs as machines and science as a recipe (94f45d4)
• data: model the vatbrain as the building it is, with its upkeep (475730a)
• data: sort goods by their prototype order (2b5da3b)
• factory: add a draggable board view to Connections (7daff76)
• settings: hide absolute storage paths behind PYOPS_HIDE_STORAGE_PATHS (c066faa)
• settings: make Factorio paths configurable in Settings (d284074)
• solver: model a science consumer as a lab bank, not recipes (77a10e2)
• solver: pin the science block's demand on the factory (489ec69)
• solver: science bank takes per-pack rates, with a tech helper (c855eb3)
• solver: singleton science block with a technology helper (63f8a5b)

Bug Fixes

• app: hide the module palette for a machine with no slots (d11c836)
• app: let vatbrains reach labs in the module picker (0d99624)
• app: make beacon-only machines configurable and correctly gated (a18b0a4)
• app: serve dev icons from PYOPS_DATA_DIR (675dca9)
• bridge: stop pinning mining productivity when the game reports zero (e7d62c2)
• data: stop the importer wiping project metadata on every sync (dac5da7)
• factory: classify sub-1% imbalances as balanced, not short (4255e8a)
• scenario: restore the ×scale column on goal changes (81f9923)
• solver: charge shared beacons once instead of once per machine (4d545df)
• solver: merge research demand with other pins instead of replacing (78c6fdc)

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