I got flow. Flow is generally defined as a mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity by Wikipedia.

See, sometimes I can REALLY focus on something, usually PHP, and make tremendous progress. So I've rewritten large parts of the Small Axe backend to deal with tags using Ajax. If I were more courageous, I'd rewrite the whole backend using better, leaner code, smarter coding techniques, and a more modern UI, but not now.

In the meantime, firsttube.com is running some of the best code I've ever written. Note the tag and subject clouds, the dynamic URLs, the styled feeds, and the HTML-templated site.
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I took the code for ft_blog and used it as the base for the next version of Flip, which we all know by now, is not actually going to be called "Flip." However, I've done A LOT with it. In fact, it's kind of a new app. It uses templates all over the place, and it's so much smarter. The URLs are really pretty (although unlike ft_blog, they do require .php at the end, because I can't be assured that adding DefaultType application/x-httpd-php is going to work everywhere).


I also have a nice framework and plans to support multiple databases. I am aiming for MySQL and flatfiles, then SQLite and PostgreSQL secondarily. I am definitely going to put together a pre-release of some sort for October. Whether it's tagged alpha, beta, RC, or even CTP remains to be seen.



First I need a name.
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