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We are so close to launch now. I feel a bit like the Launch Director at Kennedy Space Center. Our new site seems to be good to go, sitting on Pad 39A with the public still being kept a safe distance away. But before we do anything rash, like pressing the 'launch' button, we have to make absolutely sure that all of our critical systems are working properly.
There will always be little bugs here and there in a site of this size and complexity, and as we add new functionality into the site over the coming weeks and months, we will undoubtedly introduce more bugs into the system, which we'll have to identify and deal with. But that's the way dynamic, constantly changing sites like ours work. It's an occupational hazard. It goes with the territory.
Rather, what I'm talking about here is the core functions that make the site work - the stuff we absolutely cannot do without. If our News Feed went down tomorrow it would be annoying but the site would still remain on air. If our Q&A feature suddenly stopped working, the rest of the site would still be there.
However, if our core software was not right, that would impact on everything else. So we need to get this sorted out once and for all and we must not bow to pressure from other parties to launch prematurely or give in to the temptation to just do it and to hell with the consequences.
So once again I find myself apologising for the late arrival of your new site, but like the Launch Director I'd prefer to be certain that all systems really are 'go' and avoid the potential for a crash on the pad.
Thanks for your patience. Hugs, Launch Director Katie x
