Honestly, I don't know what the fix was.
It just takes time -- a lot of time -- to transition a site that's as complex as ours from one hosting setup to a completely different hosting setup. There are so many interdependencies that a lot of stuff breaks down. Our recruiting database still doesn't work, despite John Donna attacking the problem three separate times and trying to figure it out.
Somewhere along the line, two things happened: (1) the picture issue moved up the priority ladder high enough to get attention -- frankly, it's not high priority when you're just trying to get the site to WORK; and (2) he figured out what the issue was.
JD and I don't communicate every day on every little issue. I let him work and get occasional updates that frankly aren't very complete and often above my head.
JD does all his work with an AI agent now. He can still read code, correct it, etc., and he does that when he needs to -- he'll need to, to figure out the recruiting database -- but he lets the agent work, and he monitors what it's doing. And for literally weeks, the two of them were working on getting the hosting setup properly configured, so the site would deliver reliably, and not working on individual bugs.
Edit: And another thing, John doesn't work full time for us. He has a whole other job/career. He works for us when he can. We stick with that setup because, although we don't get full-time attention, John is very good, very knowledgeable about our system, and very cheap.
** Edited by Will Stewart at 5/16/2026, 11:09:47 AM
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The last four days of Wordle have been brutal.
-- Will Stewart
May 16, 2026 at 07:43 AM ET
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05/16/26 07:43 AM ET
I went fail, fail, 2, 5. Bizarre four day stretch.**
-- Gobbler-100
May 16, 2026 at 07:32 PM ET
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05/16/26 07:32 PM ET
That is what you get for being honest.**
-- jdkhokie
May 16, 2026 at 01:22 PM ET
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05/16/26 01:22 PM ET
At least for me, so has the Connections **
-- JoesterVT
May 16, 2026 at 09:02 AM ET
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05/16/26 09:02 AM ET
Connections is evil. 👹 Strands, probably so.**
-- HokieNL
May 19, 2026 at 07:31 PM ET
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05/19/26 07:31 PM ET
Totally blown away today by Connections Sports**
-- TomTurkey
May 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET
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05/16/26 12:00 PM ET
Strands has beaten me up. Eventually get spangram, but nor early.**
-- TomTurkey
May 16, 2026 at 11:58 AM ET
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05/16/26 11:58 AM ET
I barely got today's, and I remember really struggling with Monday's, too.
-- VT Dogster
May 16, 2026 at 09:21 AM ET
VT Dogster
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05/16/26 09:21 AM ET
But it's also been glorious to be able to post images again, Will.
-- PhotoHokieNC
May 16, 2026 at 08:34 AM ET
PhotoHokieNC
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05/16/26 08:34 AM ET
Honestly, I don't know what the fix was.
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-- Will Stewart
May 16, 2026 at 11:07 AM ET
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05/16/26 11:07 AM ET
In spite of what may have been my position on the images issue
-- PhotoHokieNC
May 16, 2026 at 11:52 AM ET
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05/16/26 11:52 AM ET
Biggest challenge for me is remembering every day.
-- TechHokie13
May 16, 2026 at 07:45 AM ET
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05/16/26 07:45 AM ET
I take a don't care attitude. Don't post results.
-- TomTurkey
May 16, 2026 at 12:07 PM ET
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05/16/26 12:07 PM ET
I respect the dedication**
-- TechHokie13
May 16, 2026 at 11:22 AM ET
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