Woody
08-22-2007, 09:54 AM
As I mentioned in my last entry, I was working to automate the update process for the comic and writeup so that I wouldn't have to get up before 6am. I could do them in advance and the site would do the update work for me.
Anyway, I've been slacking on the project for quite a few days now, conveniently finding other stuff to do (like hit level 70 and buy a flying mount). But, I finally buckled down yesterday and turned the logic strings and tests into functioning code. Though I tested it last night, I still wanted to make sure the live code updated at the right time. So this morning was the last time I had to get up to do the update manually. And the whole thing only adds fractions of a tenth of a second to the total code processing time.
This is a big thing for GU. It means for the first time in GU's 7 year history, I could upload multiple comics AND writeups in advance and they'd update at the right time. Before now, if I uploaded comics in advance, the comic updated at midnight and the writeup still had to be moved into place manually.
If it's not apparent... I'm pretty excited about this. I don't know why I didn't do it years ago.
Anyway, I've been slacking on the project for quite a few days now, conveniently finding other stuff to do (like hit level 70 and buy a flying mount). But, I finally buckled down yesterday and turned the logic strings and tests into functioning code. Though I tested it last night, I still wanted to make sure the live code updated at the right time. So this morning was the last time I had to get up to do the update manually. And the whole thing only adds fractions of a tenth of a second to the total code processing time.
This is a big thing for GU. It means for the first time in GU's 7 year history, I could upload multiple comics AND writeups in advance and they'd update at the right time. Before now, if I uploaded comics in advance, the comic updated at midnight and the writeup still had to be moved into place manually.
If it's not apparent... I'm pretty excited about this. I don't know why I didn't do it years ago.