01-14-2021, 06:47 PM
Hard as it may be to believe, the project to replace MFGG's aging main site backend has been in on-off development for over a decade now! The earliest incarnations were a venture fronted by Char, who as we know now eventually just dropped off the face of the internet without really saying he would.
The biggest hurdle when it comes to replacing the main site is actually keeping the database. The plan has always been (as far as I know) to move over the existing submissions/comments database without compromising any of the information and, as it were, TCSMS isn't exactly the friendliest piece of code out there.
At this rate, it's tough to say what will come of lumaSMS. As Hypernova mentioned above me, him and Mors have now taken over development of the project from HylianDev, himself having taken over from Guinea who was only trying his best to revitalize a plan made by his friend Char a couple of years prior to that. Unfortunately, as time passes by, this project will only grow more convoluted and - paradoxically - necessary. The longer you guys take to change the infrastructure, the harder it will be to actually do it.
The biggest hurdle when it comes to replacing the main site is actually keeping the database. The plan has always been (as far as I know) to move over the existing submissions/comments database without compromising any of the information and, as it were, TCSMS isn't exactly the friendliest piece of code out there.
At this rate, it's tough to say what will come of lumaSMS. As Hypernova mentioned above me, him and Mors have now taken over development of the project from HylianDev, himself having taken over from Guinea who was only trying his best to revitalize a plan made by his friend Char a couple of years prior to that. Unfortunately, as time passes by, this project will only grow more convoluted and - paradoxically - necessary. The longer you guys take to change the infrastructure, the harder it will be to actually do it.