The past week feels like it has really flown by, no doubt in part to my very earnest effort and desire to get the daily email going. I came very close and might have made it had it not been for a thing of beauty in code that commanded my attention yesterday and a very weird thing that prevented me today from successfully using the thing of beauty to send out daily emails.
In addition, I’ve not wanted to start sending the daily prayer list emails without a way for users to disable this feature. That requires a new page, a new field in the database, and everything in between. Worst of all, it requires me to make a decision about UI design, which is paralyzing for me, but I will try to just put something out there and rework it later.
The great news is that I did resolve the very weird thing and have been successfully sending out admin emails to myself, so all the underlying pieces are now in place to do the daily prayer list email. I’m more impressed than ever with Google AppEngine (ROA’s hosting platform). It’s not being noticed much in the business press, I don’t think, but I’m convinced it is a game-changer that will open up a whole new world of custom and niche applications.
As always, thank you for praying. For a while there, I didn’t think I was going to make it, but the Lord has given me grace to persevere and to keep chasing the lion…
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