I think I used this title recently…

Oh, yes, I did. Five days ago…

At any rate, it fits.

So, you know I just end up creating more work for myself.

I have one part of the forum system that I’m working on, whereby if I want to do what I want to do, I cannot change it later. And, yes, I am intentionally vague sometimes, and sometimes I’ll read my posts later and have no idea what I was talking about. At any rate, it would put a real hamper on my plans, because if I wanted to do everything I wanted to do, I’d have to do it now, so everything would be essentially on hold until I got that part finished.

The problem is that it’s not necessarily important in the scheme of things. It’s one of those things that would be nice to do but not every part of it is essential. So, I could just do the most important parts and move forward, but then I’d have to completely abandon the other stuff, which would be nice to have in there at some point in the future, as time permits.

However, I think I’ve come up with a solution that solves it. It would allow me to to the important stuff now and then return later at any point to finish off the rest. A win-win, as it wouldn’t cause a delay or cause me to lose things that I’d really like to have in at some point.

Of course, it requires some re-coding for what I’ve already done. Not sure how much yet (I’m thinking just a few lines of code), because it’s a tangled web that I won’t be able to unravel until I dig in, which I hope to start on later this evening, unless we have stormy weather, which is a possibility.

At the same time, I’m pondering another change that will require re-coding a larger bit of what I’ve already done. I thought I had done well by designing the forum structure the way that I had, but I’m now discovering some limitations. So, I’ve been thinking of a way to overcome those limitations and add more flexibility to the forums, but that’s going to require a fair amount of re-coding. On top of that, I’ll be forced to figure out why I put some things in there that I am no longer sure of what they do or were meant to do. Fun times.

So, anyway, that’s what’s been going on.

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