Seems she wanted to surprise us as well. Keith knows this is an issue though, and will dig into it as soon as possible, so it should only be a temporary delay. Please check this thread for updates and, in the meantime, enjoy your Luminaire!

thanks for the feedback! i totally understand how it might feel that way, but unfortunately, that’s not how things work behind the scenes. i wish we could just keep building on the existing site, but the old foundation makes that pretty impractical.

for example, the legacy site runs on an older version of php that’s no longer supported. without a major rewrite (which is happening on kumos.subeta.net 😉), we miss out on important security and speed upgrades. a lot of the underlying systems—like how we handle databases and caching—are too outdated to upgrade incrementally. rewriting those parts on the old site would essentially mean rebuilding everything, which isn’t feasible for a small team like ours (right now it’s just me programming!).

on the bright side, the work we’re doing on the new site allows us to implement features that weren’t possible on the legacy platform. a recent example: the new system can automate things like user shop purchases and handle nightly distributions efficiently. here’s a stripped-down example of how it processed a pool last night:

this is exactly the kind of functionality we couldn’t have achieved on the legacy platform without a complete overhaul. i get that transitions can be rough, but this work is setting us up for a more sustainable and feature-rich future. thanks for your patience and support as we get there! ❤️