Castor 1.8: Windows, self-update, and binaries you can verify

The last time we talked about Castor on this blog was to announce the 1.0 release, in October 2025. Since then, our favorite rodent has settled into a monthly rhythm: a minor version every four to five weeks, with a few helpers and fixes each time, sometimes a deprecation to prepare 2.0. 1.8 breaks the rhythm a bit: 81 commits and 33 pull requests since 1.7.0 in early August, and almost none of them add a helper. The work went into the parts of Castor you never look at: how it lands on your…