If you have never dealt with programming and/or website maintenance, it may surprise you to learn a lot goes on behind the scenes. Over time, problems arise. As in the rest of life, these hassles tend to crop up at inopportune times. The developer, in a rush to keep everything running and get back to his/her regularly scheduled activities puts a band-aid on the problem. With luck, the user never realizes the situation existed.
As you can imagine, those band-aids build up. Before long, the developer has to put band-aids on band-aids and solutions get more and more convoluted. At some point, the developer (in this case, me) looks at the code and says, "I'm not sure what this does or how it affects other things. I don't think it's being used anymore, but I don't want to delete it because it might break something. Time to rebuild."
Fortunately for my sanity, I keep the reality of impermanence in mind when programming. When I put something together, I know at some point I will scrap it and start from scratch. When it happens, I don't mourn the passing of what was. I rebuild and take pleasure in what is.
I also overhauled the website because, aside from changes to content, the site has not changed in five years. The site was not cutting edge five years ago, but it did employ some pretty new methods. Five years on the web and in the world of technology means generations of improvements.
So, the site has a new look. I stripped some of the features that never got used, but all the content is intact in a (in my opinion) much more attractive package. And for the developer (me again), it will be easier to maintain moving forward. Enjoy and feel free to offer feedback on the new site.
The URL has not changed: http://trainagps.com
The Wandering Guru
"All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns." --Bruce Lee
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