The new forum layout is ok but it really needs to have a search utility. I'm trying to isolate stuff that others went over a year ago so finding those old threads in about 1000 is impossible. Search?

Yeah, currently search is not available.
But people are working on it. It will happen: https://handmade.network/forums/t/1133

Until search is done, you can use google to search specific section of the site. Example forum search:

site:https://handmade.network/forums owl of shame