tech

• Downtime, Profiles Data Bug, and a Round of More Positive Technical Updates

  tl;dr: We’ve had some downtime due to AI bots hammering us. We’re working on it. We had another bug where profile fields disappeared. We fixed it (duplicate metadata in the wp_bp_xprofile_field table). We’re doing lots of cool new development work. When big corporate players have problems or downtime, they tend to hide them and see…

• Testing 1, 2, 3 (on software testing and why it’s interesting even to non-developers/non-coders)

  

  My days working at Knowledge Commons are highly varied. It’s great. I get up in the morning and do some research work, writing my next book (OK, that isn’t KC work, I know, but it’s part of my day). The day itself will then involve some hands-on programming (we’re re-writing the Profiles system), writing grant…