They couldn’t maintain the code, which had been very heavily customised over many years, — Wayfarer
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The issues on that site had to do with how the connection between the user's actions and the database were laid out. I presume they were made in an antique early 2000s kind of way and never properly updated. So very easy for an error to creep up and screw everything. Paul coded the whole software from the ground up from what I remember.Oh yeah I do remember that exchange now you mention it. I had assumed all the little tweaks and features, like ‘internal replies’, would have meant customisation, but I’m not a programmer, so, maybe not. — Wayfarer
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